Patrick Cronin (bishop) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Patrick H. Cronin
Honorific-Suffix:S.S.C.M.E., D.D.
Archbishop Of:Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro
Province:Ecclesiastical Province of Cagayan de Oro
See:Cagayan de Oro
Enthroned:13 October 1970
Ended:5 January 1988
Predecessor:James T. G. Hayes, S.J.
Successor:Jesus B. Tuquib
Ordination:21 December 1937
Consecration:25 September 1955
Other Post:Founder, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary
Birth Name:Patrick Henry Cronin
Birth Date:30 November 1913
Nationality: Irish
Birth Place:County Offaly, Ireland
Death Place:Cagayan de Oro,
Philippines
Buried:Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral, Cagayan de Oro
Religion:Roman Catholicism
Previous Post:Prelate of Ozamis
Titular Bishop of Ubaza
Alma Mater:Columban Missionary College, Dalgan Park
Education:St. Finian's College
Motto:Quis ut Deus ("Who [is] like God?")
Coat Of Arms:File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Patrick_Henry_Cronin.svg
Consecrated By:John Anthony Kyne

Patrick Henry Cronin, (30 November 1913 – 9 February 1991) was an Irish, Roman Catholic, Columban archbishop and missionary. He was the second Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines, serving during World War II.[1]

Background

Born Patrick Henry Cronin on 30 November 1913 in Moneygall, County Offaly, Ireland.[2] He was ordained priest on 21 December 1937.[3]

Cronin attended the Tullamore Christian Brothers School and St. Finian's College in Mullingar, Ireland. In 1931, he entered the Dalgan Park the Columban Fathers' Seminary. Six years later, he was ordained as priest under the Missionary Society of St. Columban.[4]

Ministry

On 24 May 1955 Cronin was appointed as Prelate of Ozamis in the Philippines. Concurrently, he was the Titular Bishop of Ubaza.[5] Upon the retirement Archbishop James Hayes on 13 October 1970, he was appointed as Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro in 1971.[6]

As Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, he established the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Cagayan de Oro, an interdiocesan theological seminary that provides formation for candidates for priesthood.[7] After retiring on 5 January 1988 he was succeeded by Jesus Tuquib and given the title Archbishop Emeritus. He then lived at the archdiocesan seminary until his death on 9 February 1991 in Maria Reyna Hospital (now Maria Reyna Xavier University Hospital) in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. His remains had been interred at the Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral.

Patrick Cronin
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Archbishop

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MINDANAO MISSION : ARCHBISHOP PATRICK CRONIN'S FORTY YEARS IN THE PHILIPPINES / EDWARD FISCHER.. Filipinas Heritage Library. 2017-02-22.
  2. Web site: CDO Archdiocese Celebrates Archbishop Cronin's 25th Death Anniversary. Misyon Online. 2017-02-22.
  3. Web site: Archbishop Patrick Henry Cronin, S.S.C.M.E.. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. 2017-02-22.
  4. Web site: Archbishop Patrick Henry Cronin, S.S.C.M.E.. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. 2017-02-22.
  5. Web site: CDO Archdiocese Celebrates Archbishop Cronin's 25th Death Anniversary. Misyon Online. 2017-02-22.
  6. Web site: Archbishop Patrick Henry Cronin, S.S.C.M.E.. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. 2017-02-22.
  7. Web site: HISTORY WATCH: Most Rev. Patrick H. Cronin – CDO's 2nd archbishop. CDODev.com. 2017-02-22.