Patrick Joseph Barry DD (November 15, 1868 – August 12, 1940) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida from 1922 until his death in 1940.

Biography

Early life

Barry was born in County Clare, Ireland, one of 18 children of Michael and Catherine (née Dixon) Barry. After attending national school, he enrolled at Mungret College in Limerick in 1887, taking exams in the Royal University of Ireland from which he graduated. In 1890, he began his studies for the priesthood at St. Patrick's College in

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. As a seminarian, he was recruited to serve the

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in Florida in the United States.

Priesthood

Barry was ordained a priest for the Diocese of St. Augustine on June 9, 1895. After his ordination, Barry was appointed as a

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at Immaculate Conception Parish in Jacksonville, Florida. He later worked as a

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for the US Armed Forces during the Spanish–American War. After the war, Barry served as pastor of St. Monica's Parish in Palatka, Florida (1903–1913), and then as rector of St. Augustine's Cathedral and as vicar general of the diocese (1917–1921).

Bishop of St. Augustine

On February 22, 1922, Barry was appointed the fifth bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine by

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. He received his

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on May 3, 1922, from Archbishop Michael Curley, with Bishops John J. Monaghan and William Turner serving as

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. In 1931, Barry instituted an annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Nuestra Señora de la Leche at the

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in St. Augustine in order to draw attention to the heritage of the Catholic Church in St. Augustine. In June 1932, Barry went with Cardinal Patrick Hayes to attend the World Eucharistic Congress in

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. In 1940, he founded Barry University in Miami Shores along with his sister, Mother M. Gerald Barry, and his brother, Father William Barry. Patrick Barry died from

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at St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville, on August 12, 1940, at age 71.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Patrick Joseph 1868 births 1940 deaths People from County Clare 19th-century Irish people Alumni of Carlow College Roman Catholic bishops of Saint Augustine Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) American military chaplains Spanish–American War chaplains 19th-century American clergy