Most Reverend Hugh A. Donohoe, D.D., PH.D.; American Roman Catholic priest and Bishop.
Age: 82 years, 3 months, 28 days
From August 22, 1969 to his retirement on July 1, 1980, he served as the second Bishop of Fresno.
Born in San Francisco, California, Fr. Donohoe was educated at St. Patrick Seminary, in Menlo Park, and at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 1930. He then served as a professor at St. Patrick Seminary (1930-42) and editor of The Monitor (1942-7). He was recognized as a prominent Catholic labor activist.
On August 2, 1947, Fr. Donohoe was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco and Titular Bishop of Taium (A Titular See of Asia Minor; near Izmit, Turkey) by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 7 from Archbishop John Joseph Mitty, with Bishops James Joseph Sweeney and Thomas Arthur Connolly serving as co-consecrators. He was named the first Bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Stockton on January 27, 1962, and attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965.
Age: 82 years, 3 months, 28 days
From August 22, 1969 to his retirement on July 1, 1980, he served as the second Bishop of Fresno.
Born in San Francisco, California, Fr. Donohoe was educated at St. Patrick Seminary, in Menlo Park, and at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 1930. He then served as a professor at St. Patrick Seminary (1930-42) and editor of The Monitor (1942-7). He was recognized as a prominent Catholic labor activist.
On August 2, 1947, Fr. Donohoe was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco and Titular Bishop of Taium (A Titular See of Asia Minor; near Izmit, Turkey) by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 7 from Archbishop John Joseph Mitty, with Bishops James Joseph Sweeney and Thomas Arthur Connolly serving as co-consecrators. He was named the first Bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Stockton on January 27, 1962, and attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965.
Most Reverend Hugh A. Donohoe, D.D., PH.D.; American Roman Catholic priest and Bishop.
Age: 82 years, 3 months, 28 days
From August 22, 1969 to his retirement on July 1, 1980, he served as the second Bishop of Fresno.
Born in San Francisco, California, Fr. Donohoe was educated at St. Patrick Seminary, in Menlo Park, and at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 1930. He then served as a professor at St. Patrick Seminary (1930-42) and editor of The Monitor (1942-7). He was recognized as a prominent Catholic labor activist.
On August 2, 1947, Fr. Donohoe was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco and Titular Bishop of Taium (A Titular See of Asia Minor; near Izmit, Turkey) by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 7 from Archbishop John Joseph Mitty, with Bishops James Joseph Sweeney and Thomas Arthur Connolly serving as co-consecrators. He was named the first Bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Stockton on January 27, 1962, and attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965.
Age: 82 years, 3 months, 28 days
From August 22, 1969 to his retirement on July 1, 1980, he served as the second Bishop of Fresno.
Born in San Francisco, California, Fr. Donohoe was educated at St. Patrick Seminary, in Menlo Park, and at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 1930. He then served as a professor at St. Patrick Seminary (1930-42) and editor of The Monitor (1942-7). He was recognized as a prominent Catholic labor activist.
On August 2, 1947, Fr. Donohoe was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco and Titular Bishop of Taium (A Titular See of Asia Minor; near Izmit, Turkey) by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 7 from Archbishop John Joseph Mitty, with Bishops James Joseph Sweeney and Thomas Arthur Connolly serving as co-consecrators. He was named the first Bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Stockton on January 27, 1962, and attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965.
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