Patrick Feehan

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Right Reverend Patrick A. Feehan
Archbishop of Chicago

Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Chicago
In office	September 10, 1880 – July 12, 1902
Predecessor	James Duggan
Successor	James Edward Quigley
Orders
Ordination	November 1, 1852
Consecration	November 12, 1865
Personal details
Born	(1829-08-28)August 28, 1829 Killenaulee, Ireland
Died	July 12, 1902(1902-07-12) (aged 72) Chicago, Illinois
Previous post	Bishop of Nashville

Patrick Augustine Feehan (August 28, 1829 – July 12, 1902), was an Irish Born, U.S. Catholic bishop. He served as the fifth Bishop and first Archbishop of Chicago between 1880 and 1902, during which the church in Chicago was elevated to an archdiocese. Prior to moving to Chicago, Feehan served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Nashville. Feehan was ordained to the priesthood on November 1, 1852. He was appointed Bishop of Nashville on June 7, 1865 and he was ordained bishop on November 12, 1865. On September 10, 1880, he was appointed to the Chicago Diocese.^[1]

Patrick Augustine Feehan was born in Killenaulee, County Tipperary, in Ireland, aged 16 he went to study at Castleknock College as an ecclesiastic student, where he befriended Charles Russell, in January 1947 he entered Maynooth College where he spent five years. In 1852 he left for the United States, his family had emigrated there two years earlier.^[2]

Notes

↑ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfeehanp.html
↑ The Life of Patrick Augstine Feehan Rev. Cornelius James Kirkfleet OP, Open Library, Matre & Company Ltd., Chicago, 1922.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by James Whelan	Bishop of Nashville 1865–1880	Succeeded by Joseph Rademacher

v t e Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Chicago

Bishops	William Quarter James Oliver Van de Velde Anthony O'Regan James Duggan	75px

Archbishops	Patrick Feehan James Edward Quigley George Mundelein Samuel Stritch Albert Gregory Meyer John Cody Joseph Bernardin Francis George

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 31098729 LCCN: n88216154

Persondata
Name	Feehan, Patrick
Alternative names
Short description	Catholic bishop
Date of birth	August 28, 1829
Place of birth	Killenaulee, Ireland
Date of death	July 12, 1902
Place of death	Chicago, Illinois

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