Patrick Joseph McGrath

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Patrick Joseph McGrath
J.C.D.
Bishop of San José in California
Church Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph
Archdiocese San Francisco
Diocese San Jose
Appointed June 30, 1998
Installed November 27, 1999
Predecessor Pierre DuMaine
Orders
Ordination June 7, 1970
Consecration January 25, 1989
by John R. Quinn, Mark Joseph Hurley, and Michael Joseph Kaniecki
Personal details
Born (1945-06-11) June 11, 1945
Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Previous post Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco
Motto TOGETHER IN CHRIST
Styles of
Patrick Joseph McGrath
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Patrick Joseph McGrath (born June 11, 1945) is the second Roman Catholic Bishop of San Jose.

Early life and ministry

McGrath attended St. John’s Seminary in Waterford, Ireland, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1970. He served as the parochial vicar of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish in San Francisco, and in the archdiocesan tribunal. He went to Rome to continue his education and earned a doctorate in Canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University in 1977. He returned to San Francisco and was appointed the Vice-Officialis, then Officialis, of the archdiocesan tribunal and pastor of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.[1]


Episcopal career

McGrath was named auxiliary bishop of San Francisco and titular bishop of Allegheny on December 6, 1988, and consecrated on January 25, 1989, at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption; archbishop John Raphael Quinn served as his principal consecrator. McGrath was named coadjutor bishop of San Jose by Pope John Paul II on June 30, 1998, and became the ordinary of the diocese upon the retirement of bishop Pierre DuMaine on November 27, 1999.

In 2018 McGrath drew international media attention for the diocesan purchase of a US$2.3 million, 3269 square foot, five-bedroom home in Silicon Valley intended for use as McGrath's retirement residence.[2][3] One day after the story appeared, McGrath said he would order the home sold, and that he would live in a rectory in one of the diocese's parishes.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pope Accepts Bishop Mcfarland's Resignation, Names Bishop Tod Brown to Orange; Bishop Mcgrath Appointed Coadjutor of San Jose; Msgr. Wester Is Named Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco" (Press release). Office of Media Relations, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. June 29, 1998. Archived from the original on August 3, 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  2. ↑ Woolfolk, John (August 26, 2018). "San Jose Diocese buys bishop $2.3 million retirement home". The Mercury News. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Church buys five-bedroom, $2.3m Silicon Valley home for retiring bishop". The Guardian. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ Green, Jason (August 27, 2018). "Retiring S.J. bishop confesses error in judgment, won't move into $2.3 million home". The Mercury News. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Pierre DuMaine		 Bishop of San Jose
1999–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
-		 Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco
1988–1999		 Succeeded by
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