| Most Reverend Patrick Keane, DD |
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| Bishop of Sacramento | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Sacramento |
| In Office | March 17, 1922—September 1, 1928 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Grace |
| Successor | Robert John Armstrong |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 20, 1895 |
| Consecration | December 14, 1920 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 6, 1872 Ballybunnion, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died | September 1, 1928 (aged 56) Sacramento, California |
Patrick Joseph James Keane (January 6, 1872 - September 1, 1928) was a 20th century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in the state of California from 1922-1928.
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Born in Ballybunnion, County Kerry, Ireland, Keane studied from 1890-1895 at St. Patrick's College in Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland and The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC where he was granted a Doctor of Divinity in 1896. He was ordained a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 20, 1895. For the next 25 years he was involved in parish work.[1] His first assignment, St. Patrick's Church in San Francisco. In 1900, he was transferred to St. Joseph's Church in San Francisco. On March 6, 1910, Archbishop Patrick W. Riordan of San Francisco named Father Patrick J. Keane, Administrator of St. Francis de Sales in Oakland. The founding pastor of St. Francis de Sales, Father Thomas W. Mc Sweeney had a series of strokes. Mc Sweeney would die in Ireland on July 28, 1915. On July 30, 1915, Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna appointed Father Keane, second pastor of St. Francis de Sales.
On September 10, 1920 Pope Benedict XV named Patrick J. Keane the Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina and Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento. He was consecrated a bishop on December 14, 1920 by Archbishop Edward J. Hanna of San Francisco. The co-consecrators were Bishops John Joseph Cantwell of Monterey-Los Angeles and Thomas Grace of Sacramento. On December 27, 1921, Bishop Grace died. Pope Benedict XV died on January 22, 1922, before he could appoint Keane bishop of the diocese. On March 17, 1922 Pope Pius XI named Bishop Keane as the third bishop of Sacramento.[2]
During the six years he was Bishop of Sacramento he was instrumental in the formation of the parochial school system.[3] He also founded several new parishes and followed a directive from the Holy See to recruit new priests and vocations from the local diocese.[4] Bishop Keane died in Sacramento on September 1, 1928 at the age of 56.