John Joseph Fitzpatrick

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name = Bishop John Fitzpatrick


religion = Catholic Church
See = Galveston-Houston
Title = Bishop of Brownsville
Period = 1971 — 1991
consecration = August 28, 1968
Predecessor = Bishop Humberto Medeiros
Successor = Bishop Enrique San Pedro
ordination = December 13, 1942
bishops = Titular Bishop of Cenae
date of birth = October 12, 1918
place of birth = Ontario, Canada
date of death = July 15, 2006
place of death = Brownsville, Texas

Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick (October 12, 1918 in Trenton, Ontario, Canada - July 15, 2006) was an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami (1968-1971) and the third Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville (1971-1991). He was also the Titular Bishop of Cenae (1968-1971).

He was ordained a priest on December 13, 1942 when he was 24 years old.. He was appointed by Pope Paul VI as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami and Titular Bishop of Cenae on June 24, 1968. On August 28, 1968, he was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll of the Archdiocese of Miami and his co-consecrators were Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick of the Diocese of Nashville and Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin of the Archdiocese of Chicago. In 1971, he was appointed as the third Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville. On November 30, 1991, he retired as bishop. Bishop Fitzpatrick again filled the role after the 1994 death of his replacement, Bishop Enrique San Pedro S.J., and served for nearly a year until the appointment of Bishop Raymundo J. Pena in 1995.

References

* [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16929714&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=339096&rfi=6 Tyler Morning Telegraph obituary]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfitjj.html Catholic Hierarchy]
* [http://www.cdob.org/diocese/ Diocese of Brownville]