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The Most Reverend Joseph Sadoc Alemany | |
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Archbishop of San Francisco | |
See | San Francisco |
Installed | July 29, 1853 |
Term ended | December 28, 1884 |
Successor | Patrick William Riordan |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Monterey (1850–1853) |
Orders | |
Ordination | March 11, 1837 by Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti |
Consecration | June 30, 1850 by Giacomo Filippo Fransoni |
Personal details | |
Born | Josep Sadoc Alemany i Conill July 3, 1814 |
Died | April 14, 1888 Valencia, Spain | (aged 73)
Buried | Church of Sant Domènec, Vic, Catalonia, Spain (1888-1965); Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California, United States |
Nationality | Spanish American (ca. 1855) |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Parents | Antoni Alemany i Font & Miquela dels Sants Conill i Saborit |
Alma mater | Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas |
Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill, O.P. (Spanish: José Sadoc Alemany y Conill; July 3, 1814 – April 14, 1888) was a Spanish Catholic clergyman, who served most of his career in California. He served as the first Bishop of Monterey (1850–53) and then as Archbishop of San Francisco (1853–84). He was a member of the Dominican Order.