Patrick O'Donnell | |
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| Cardinal,Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Armagh |
| Installed | 1924 |
| Term ended | 1927 |
| Predecessor | Michael Logue |
| Successor | Joseph MacRory |
| Previous posts | Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh (1922-24) Bishop of Raphoe (1888-1922) |
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| Ordination | 1880 |
| Consecration | 25 March 1888 by Michael Logue |
| Created cardinal | 14 December 1925 byPius XI |
| Rank | Cardinal priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 November 1856 Kilraine,Glenties,County Donegal, Ireland |
| Died | 22 October 1927(1927-10-22) (aged 70) Carlingford,County Louth, Ireland |
| Buried | St Patrick's Cathedral Cemetery, Armagh |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Alma mater | Maynooth College Catholic University of Ireland |
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Patrick Joseph O'Donnell (28 November 1856 – 22 November 1927) was anIrish Catholic prelate who served asArchbishop of Armagh from 1924 until his death in 1927. He was made acardinal in 1925.[1]
Patrick Joseph O'Donnell was born inGlenties,County Donegal on 28 November 1855,[2] a son of Daniel O'Donnell, a farmer, and his wife, Mary (née Breslin). He was one of nine children in a family that claimed descent from theO'Donnells of Tyrconnell.[3]
O'Donnell was ordained a priest on 29 June 1880.[4] He attended Secondary School inLetterkenny, and later studied at theCatholic University of Dublin (1873–75) and atMaynooth. He was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1880. In that same year, he was appointed to the staff of St Patrick's College, Maynooth, holding the chairs of Dogmatic and Moral Theology. In 1884, he became dean of the revived post-graduate Dunboyne Institute and in 1885 was awarded aDoctor of Sacred Theology. From his desk in Maynooth, he poured out a continuous stream of articles on moral theology and canon law.[5]
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He was appointedBishop of Raphoe on 26 February 1888, making him the youngest bishop in the world at the time and was consecrated byMichael Logue on 3 April 1888 inLetterkenny.
O'Donnell undertook, and completed, a prodigious building project in his diocese - the superbly-sited neo-Gothic (with Romanesque details)Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba, overlooked by a house for bishop and clergy (1891–1901); St Eunan's Diocesan College (1906); the Presentation Monastery and Loreto schools and an extension to Loreto Convent, all in Letterkenny.
He was appointedcoadjutor Archbishop of Armagh on 14 January 1922 and succeeded CardinalMichael Logue on 19 November 1924. On 14 December 1925,Pope Pius XI made O'Donnell aCardinal.[6]
Cardinal O'Donnell died on 22 October 1927 inCarlingford, County Louth.
St Connell's Museum in his home town ofGlenties has a display about his life.
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Raphoe 1888–1922 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Archbishop of Armagh andPrimate of All Ireland 1924–1927 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal-Priest ofSanta Maria della Pace 1925–1927 | Succeeded by |
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