| Patrick Connell | |
| Office: | Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the United States Embassy to the Holy See |
| President: | Joe Biden |
| Term Start: | January 20, 2021 |
| Term End: | February 15, 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Callista Gingrich (Ambassador) |
| Successor: | Joe Donnelly (Ambassador) |
| Birth Name: | Patrick Connell |
| Birth Place: | Westford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Hyrije Kryeziu Connell |
Patrick Connell is an American diplomat who became Chargé d’Affaires ad interim under the Biden administration at the Embassy of the United States to the Holy See on January 20, 2021, succeeding former ambassador Callista Gingrich.[1] Connell is currently a career member of the United States Foreign Service and had previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the embassy from July 2020 until his promotion.
Patrick Connell was born in Westford, Massachusetts. He had received a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and English from Villanova University and a Juris Doctor from the Villanova University School of Law.
Connell is the recipient of several State Department Superior and Meritorious Honor awards and in 2015 had been awarded the Sinclaire Language Award for Greek and Turkish.