His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Patrick Keane
Bishop of Sacramento
titular bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina
ChurchCatholic Church
SeeDiocese of Sacramento
In officeMarch 17, 1922 –
September 1, 1928
PredecessorThomas Grace
SuccessorRobert John Armstrong
Orders
OrdinationJune 20, 1895
ConsecrationDecember 14, 1920
Personal details
Born(1872-01-06)January 6, 1872
Ballybunnion, County Kerry, Ireland
DiedSeptember 1, 1928(1928-09-01) (aged 56)
Sacramento, California, US
NationalityIrish

Patrick Joseph James Keane (January 6, 1872 – September 1, 1928) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in California from 1922 until his death in 1928. Keane previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the same diocese from 1920 to 1922.

Biography

Early life

Born in Ballybunnion, County Kerry, Ireland, Keane studied in 1890–1895 at St. Patrick's College in Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland and The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he was granted a Doctor of Divinity in 1896.

Priesthood

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][2]

His first assignment, St. Patrick's Parish in San Francisco. The pastor of St. Patrick's, Father Peter Grey had high praise of Keane to Archbishop Riordan. In 1900, Keane was transferred to St. Joseph's Parish in San Francisco. The pastor of St. Joseph, Father Patrick Scanlon died May 31, 1904. Keane served nearly six years under the new pastor, Father Patrick Mulligan at St. Joseph. On March 6, 1910, Archbishop Patrick W. Riordan of San Francisco named Keane, Administrator of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral Parish in Oakland. On July 30, 1915, Archbishop Edward Hanna appointed Keane, second pastor of St. Francis de Sales.

Auxiliary Bishop and Bishop of Sacramento

On September 10, 1920, Pope Benedict XV named Keane the titular bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina and auxiliary bishop of Sacramento. He was consecrated a bishop on December 14, 1920, by Archbishop Hanna. The co-consecrators were Bishops John Cantwell and Thomas Grace.

On December 27, 1921, Bishop Grace died. On March 17, 1922, Pope Pius XI named Keane as the third bishop of Sacramento.[3]During the six years he was Bishop of Sacramento, Keane was instrumental in the formation of the parochial school system.[4] He also founded several new parishes and followed a directive from the Holy See to recruit new priests and vocations from the local diocese.

Death and legacy

[5] Patrick Keane died in Sacramento on September 1, 1928, at the age of 56.

References

  1. ↑ Delaney, John J, Tobin, James Edward (1961). Dictionary of Catholic Biography. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ San Francisco Call March 30, 1910, page 2
  3. ↑ "Bishop Patrick Joseph James Keane". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
  4. ↑ "Lineage of Bishops". www.diocese-sacramento.org. Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
  5. ↑ "The Diocese of Sacramento enjoys a rich history…". www.diocese-sacramento.org. Archived from the original on 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
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