Patrick Cronin (archbishop)

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His Excellency The Most Reverend Patrick H. Cronin S.S.C., D.D.
Second Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro
Province	Ecclesiastical Province of Cagayan de Oro
Diocese	Diocese of Cagayan de Oro
See	Cagayan de Oro
Enthroned	13 October 1970
Reign ended	5 January 1988
Predecessor	James T. G. Hayes S.J. D.D.
Successor	Jesus B. Tuquib D.D. S.T.D.
Other posts	Prelate of Ozamis City Titular Bishop of Ubaza Founder of the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1937 (as priest (under the Missionary Society of St. Columban))
Consecration	25 September 1955 (in the chapel of St. Columban's College, Dalgan Park, Navan, Co. Meath Ireland)
Personal details
Born	30 November 1913 Moneygall, Ireland
Died	February 19, 1991(1991-02-19) (aged 77) Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
Buried	St. Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral, Cagayan de Oro (beside his predecessor, James Hayes, S.J.)

Patrick Cronin, S.S.C., D.D. is the former Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro.^[1] He was born in 1913 at Moneygall, Dunkerrin, Co. Offaly, Ireland. He died on 19 February 1991 in Maria Reyna Hospital (now Maria Reyna Xavier University Hospital), Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. Having studied at Tullamore Christian Brothers School and at St. Finian's College, Mullingar, Patrick Cronin entered the Columban Fathers' Seminary in 1931 and was ordained a priest in 1937. He was appointed to the Philippines where he was to remain until his death. In 1955 he became Prelate Ordinary of Ozamis. He succeeded James Hayes as Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro in 1971. He established the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, retiring in 1987. From then until his death he resided within the grounds of the archdiocesan seminary.

Episcopal Succession

Episcopal lineage
Consecrated by:	John Anthony Kyne

Styles of Patrick Cronin
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Notes

1. ^ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcroninp.html

Preceded by James Hayes

Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro 1971– 1988

Succeeded by Jesus Tuquib

Persondata
Name	Cronin, Patrick
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	30 November 1913
Place of birth	Moneygall, Ireland
Date of death	19 February 1991
Place of death	Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines