Hugh Aloysius Donohoe
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Hugh Aloysius Donohoe (June 28, 1905 – October 26, 1987) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Fresno in California from 1969 to 1980.
Donohoe previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1947 to 1962 and as bishop of the Diocese of Stockton in California from 1962 to 1969.
Biography
Early life
Born in
Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.[1]
Donohoe was
ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 1930.[2] He then served as a professor at St. Patrick Seminary (1930–42) and editor of The Monitor (1942 to 1947).[1] He became known as a prominent Catholic labor activist.[3]
Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco
On August 2, 1947, Donohoe was appointed as an
consecration on October 7, 1947, from Archbishop John Mitty, with Bishops James Sweeney and Thomas Connolly serving as co-consecrators.[2]
Donohoe was appointed in 1948 as rector of the
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption
in San Francisco.
Bishop of Stockton
bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Stockton on January 27, 1962. He was installed on April 24, 1962. He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965.[2]
Bishop of Fresno
Pope Paul VI appointed Donohoe on August 22, 1969, as bishop of the Diocese of Fresno.[2]
On July 1, 1980, Pope John Paul II accepted Donohoe's resignation as bishop of Fresno.[2]Hugh Donohoe died in Fresno, California, on October 26, 1987, at age 82.
References
- ^ a b Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
- ^ a b c d e f "Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ "Catholic Labor Activism: The Career of Bishop Hugh A. Donohoe in California". European Social Science History Conference. Archived from the original on 2009-06-11.
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