Patrick Dougherty (bishop)

The Most Right Reverend

Patrick Dougherty
7th Roman Catholic Bishop
DioceseDiocese of Bathurst
Installed1 September 1983
Term ended11 November 2008
PredecessorA. R. E. Thomas
SuccessorMichael McKenna
Other post(s)President of St Laurence O'Toole's Seminary, Dublin (1859–1865)
Orders
Ordination7 December 1954
by Pietro Sigismondi
Consecration8 December 1976
by Thomas Cahill
Personal details
Born21 November 1931
Died30 August 2010(2010-08-30) (aged 78)
Bathurst, New South Wales
BuriedBathurst Cemetery, Bathurst, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
ParentsWilliam and Madge Dougherty
OccupationRoman Catholic bishop
ProfessionCleric
Alma materWaverley College
St Columba's College, Springwood
St Patrick's Seminary, Manly
Propaganda College and
Pontifical Urban University, both in Rome
MottoIuxta Crucem Discipulus
(at the Cross, the disciple)[1]

Patrick Dougherty (21 November 1931 in Kensington, New South Wales – 30 August 2010 in Bathurst, New South Wales), an Australian suffragan bishop, was the seventh bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst, serving for 25 years from 1983 until his retirement in 2008.

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