Patrick Joseph James Keane

Patrick Joseph James Keane (January 6, 1872 – September 1, 1928) was a 20th-century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in the state of California in 1922–1928.

Most Reverend Patrick Keane, DD
Bishop of Sacramento
Church	Catholic Church
See	Sacramento
In office	March 17, 1922 – September 1, 1928
Predecessor	Thomas Grace
Successor	Robert John Armstrong
Orders
Ordination	June 20, 1895
Consecration	December 14, 1920
Personal details
Born	January 6, 1872 Ballybunnion, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	September 1, 1928 (aged 56) Sacramento, California

Biography

Early life and ministry

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, DC where he was granted a Doctor of Divinity in 1896. 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 Church in San Francisco. The pastor of St. Patrick's, Father Peter Grey had high praise of Father Keane to Archbishop Riordan. In 1900, Keane was transferred to St. Joseph's Church in San Francisco. The pastor of St. Joseph, Father Patrick Scanlon died May 31, 1904. Father 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 Father Patrick J. Keane, Administrator of St. Francis de Sales in Oakland. The founding pastor of St. Francis de Sales, Father Thomas W. Mc Sweeney had a series of strokes. Mc Sweeney would die in Ireland on July 28, 1915. On July 30, 1915, Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna appointed Father Keane, second pastor of St. Francis de Sales.

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 Edward J. Hanna of San Francisco. The co-consecrators were Bishops John Cantwell of Monterey-Los Angeles and Thomas Grace of Sacramento. On December 27, 1921, Bishop Grace died. Pope Benedict XV died on January 22, 1922, before he could appoint Keane bishop of the diocese. On March 17, 1922 Pope Pius XI named Bishop Keane as the third bishop of Sacramento.[3]

During the six years he was Bishop of Sacramento he 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.[5] Bishop 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.
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.