Patrick Riordan (reporter)
Patrick Riordan may refer to: * Patrick William Riordan (1841–1914), American Roman Catholic priest; second Archbishop of San Francisco * Pat Riordan (born 1979), Canadian rugby union player {{hndis, Riordan, Patrick ...
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Patrick William Riordan
Patrick William Riordan (August 27, 1841 – December 27, 1914) was a Canadian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of San Francisco from 1884 until his death in 1914. He served during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and he was a prominent figure in the first case submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Early life Patrick Riordan was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, to Matthew and Mary (née Dunne) Riordan. His parents were both natives of Ireland, his father from Kinsale, County Cork, and his mother from Stradbally, County Laois. Soon after the birth of his sister Catherine in 1844, his parents returned to Ireland with their children and there his brother Dennis was born in 1846. However, the family was soon compelled to flee Ireland due to the Great Famine; after a brief return to New Brunswick, they settled in Chicago, Illinois, in 1848. As a boy in Chicago, Riordan met John Ireland (the future Archbishop of Saint Pa ...
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