The Seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Bathurst, Monsignor Patrick Dougherty was born in Kensington, New South Wales, Australia, on November 21, 1931, the second of four sons born to Madge and William Dougherty. Three of the four boys eventually became priests. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi in Rome, Italy, on December 7, 1954, and completed his doctoral studies there in 1957. He was assistant priest at St. Mel's, Campsie, for one year and returned to Rome to research the life of Mary Potter, founder of the Little Company of Mary.
Father Patrick spent the next decade working in the formation of priests, first at St. Columba's College, Springwood, then at Propaganda Fide College, Rome. In 1963, his book, "Mother Mary Potter, Foundress of the Little Company of Mary" was published. In 1970, he again returned to Australia, having been appointed to the newly established secretariat of the Australian Episcopal Conference in Canberra.
At 44 years of age, he was appointed Auxiliary for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn by Pope Paul VI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Lete on December 8, 1976, from Archbishop Thomas Vincent Cahill, assisted by Cardinal James D. Freeman and Archbishop Gino Paro.
Secretary of the Australian Episcopal Conference, he was appointed Bishop of Bathurst on the retirement of the late Bishop Albert Reuben Edward Thomas on September 1, 1983, and was installed on the following October 5.
Bishop Dougherty retired from the pastoral government of his see at 77 years of age on November 11, 2008, and was succeeded by Msgr. Michael Joseph McKenna.
The Bishop passed away a few months later St. Catherine's Nursing Home in Bathurst, following a short battle with lung cancer on Monday, August 30, 2010. The Solemn Pontifical Mass was celebrated by twenty bishops, including Bishop McKenna, Cardinal George Pell, and the Papal Nuncio to Australia, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, and more than sixty priests, on Wednesday, September 8, at St. Michael and St. John's Cathedral. According to his last wish, he was buried in the Bathurst Cemetery. Previous Bishops of Bathurst have been interred in the cathedral, but Bishop Dougherty desired to remain among "his" people.
Father Patrick spent the next decade working in the formation of priests, first at St. Columba's College, Springwood, then at Propaganda Fide College, Rome. In 1963, his book, "Mother Mary Potter, Foundress of the Little Company of Mary" was published. In 1970, he again returned to Australia, having been appointed to the newly established secretariat of the Australian Episcopal Conference in Canberra.
At 44 years of age, he was appointed Auxiliary for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn by Pope Paul VI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Lete on December 8, 1976, from Archbishop Thomas Vincent Cahill, assisted by Cardinal James D. Freeman and Archbishop Gino Paro.
Secretary of the Australian Episcopal Conference, he was appointed Bishop of Bathurst on the retirement of the late Bishop Albert Reuben Edward Thomas on September 1, 1983, and was installed on the following October 5.
Bishop Dougherty retired from the pastoral government of his see at 77 years of age on November 11, 2008, and was succeeded by Msgr. Michael Joseph McKenna.
The Bishop passed away a few months later St. Catherine's Nursing Home in Bathurst, following a short battle with lung cancer on Monday, August 30, 2010. The Solemn Pontifical Mass was celebrated by twenty bishops, including Bishop McKenna, Cardinal George Pell, and the Papal Nuncio to Australia, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, and more than sixty priests, on Wednesday, September 8, at St. Michael and St. John's Cathedral. According to his last wish, he was buried in the Bathurst Cemetery. Previous Bishops of Bathurst have been interred in the cathedral, but Bishop Dougherty desired to remain among "his" people.
The Seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Bathurst, Monsignor Patrick Dougherty was born in Kensington, New South Wales, Australia, on November 21, 1931, the second of four sons born to Madge and William Dougherty. Three of the four boys eventually became priests. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi in Rome, Italy, on December 7, 1954, and completed his doctoral studies there in 1957. He was assistant priest at St. Mel's, Campsie, for one year and returned to Rome to research the life of Mary Potter, founder of the Little Company of Mary.
Father Patrick spent the next decade working in the formation of priests, first at St. Columba's College, Springwood, then at Propaganda Fide College, Rome. In 1963, his book, "Mother Mary Potter, Foundress of the Little Company of Mary" was published. In 1970, he again returned to Australia, having been appointed to the newly established secretariat of the Australian Episcopal Conference in Canberra.
At 44 years of age, he was appointed Auxiliary for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn by Pope Paul VI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Lete on December 8, 1976, from Archbishop Thomas Vincent Cahill, assisted by Cardinal James D. Freeman and Archbishop Gino Paro.
Secretary of the Australian Episcopal Conference, he was appointed Bishop of Bathurst on the retirement of the late Bishop Albert Reuben Edward Thomas on September 1, 1983, and was installed on the following October 5.
Bishop Dougherty retired from the pastoral government of his see at 77 years of age on November 11, 2008, and was succeeded by Msgr. Michael Joseph McKenna.
The Bishop passed away a few months later St. Catherine's Nursing Home in Bathurst, following a short battle with lung cancer on Monday, August 30, 2010. The Solemn Pontifical Mass was celebrated by twenty bishops, including Bishop McKenna, Cardinal George Pell, and the Papal Nuncio to Australia, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, and more than sixty priests, on Wednesday, September 8, at St. Michael and St. John's Cathedral. According to his last wish, he was buried in the Bathurst Cemetery. Previous Bishops of Bathurst have been interred in the cathedral, but Bishop Dougherty desired to remain among "his" people.
Father Patrick spent the next decade working in the formation of priests, first at St. Columba's College, Springwood, then at Propaganda Fide College, Rome. In 1963, his book, "Mother Mary Potter, Foundress of the Little Company of Mary" was published. In 1970, he again returned to Australia, having been appointed to the newly established secretariat of the Australian Episcopal Conference in Canberra.
At 44 years of age, he was appointed Auxiliary for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn by Pope Paul VI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Lete on December 8, 1976, from Archbishop Thomas Vincent Cahill, assisted by Cardinal James D. Freeman and Archbishop Gino Paro.
Secretary of the Australian Episcopal Conference, he was appointed Bishop of Bathurst on the retirement of the late Bishop Albert Reuben Edward Thomas on September 1, 1983, and was installed on the following October 5.
Bishop Dougherty retired from the pastoral government of his see at 77 years of age on November 11, 2008, and was succeeded by Msgr. Michael Joseph McKenna.
The Bishop passed away a few months later St. Catherine's Nursing Home in Bathurst, following a short battle with lung cancer on Monday, August 30, 2010. The Solemn Pontifical Mass was celebrated by twenty bishops, including Bishop McKenna, Cardinal George Pell, and the Papal Nuncio to Australia, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, and more than sixty priests, on Wednesday, September 8, at St. Michael and St. John's Cathedral. According to his last wish, he was buried in the Bathurst Cemetery. Previous Bishops of Bathurst have been interred in the cathedral, but Bishop Dougherty desired to remain among "his" people.
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(+ Patrick Dougherty. 1931 - 2010 Bishop of Bathurst 1983 - 2003 "iuxta Crucem Discipulus".)
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