Patrick Henry Cronin, (30 November 1913 – 9 February 1991) was an
Irish
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,
Roman Catholic
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,
Columban archbishop and
missionary
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. He was the second
Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro in the
Philippines
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, serving during
World War II
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.
Background
Born Patrick Henry Cronin on 30 November 1913 in
Moneygall
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,
County Offaly,
Ireland
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. He was ordained priest on 21 December 1937.
Cronin attended the Tullamore Christian Brothers School and
St. Finian's College
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in
Mullingar
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, 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
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.
Ministry
On 24 May 1955 Cronin was appointed as Prelate of
Ozamiz
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A ...
in the
Philippines
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. Concurrently, he was the
Titular Bishop
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of Ubaza.Upon the retirement
Archbishop James Hayes on 13 October 1970, he was appointed as
Archbishop of
Cagayan de Oro in 1971.
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.
After retiring on 5 January 1988 he was succeeded by
Jesus Tuquib
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and given the title
Archbishop Emeritus
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. 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.
See also
*
Missionary Society of St. Columban
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*
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Cagayana'') is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.
It is a metropolitan see on the island of Mindanao, which comprises the civil provinces of Misa ...
References
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Participants in the Second Vatican Council
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Philippines
Roman Catholic archbishops of Cagayan de Oro
1913 births
1991 deaths
Irish expatriate Catholic bishops
People educated at St Finian's College
Missionary Society of St. Columban