Patrick Cronin (bishop)


Patrick H. Cronin

Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro
ProvinceEcclesiastical Province of Cagayan de Oro
SeeCagayan de Oro
Installed13 October 1970
Term ended5 January 1988
PredecessorJames T. G. Hayes, S.J.
SuccessorJesus B. Tuquib
Other post(s)Founder, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary
Previous post(s)Prelate of Ozamis
Titular Bishop of Ubaza
Orders
Ordination21 December 1937
Missionary Society of St. Columban
Consecration25 September 1955
(at the chapel of St. Columban's College, Dalgan Park, Navan, County Meath, Ireland)
by John Anthony Kyne
Personal details
Born
Patrick Henry Cronin

30 November 1913
Died19 February 1991(1991-02-19) (aged 77)
Cagayan de Oro,
Philippines
BuriedSaint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral, Cagayan de Oro
NationalityRepublic of Ireland Irish
DenominationRoman Catholicism
EducationSt. Finian's College
Alma materColumban Missionary College, Dalgan Park
MottoQuis ut Deus ("Who [is] like God?")
Coat of armsPatrick H. Cronin's coat of arms

Patrick Henry Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. (30 November 1913 – 9 February 1991) was an Irish, Roman Catholic, Columban archbishop and missionary. He was the second Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines, serving during World War II.[1]

  1. ^ "MINDANAO MISSION : ARCHBISHOP PATRICK CRONIN'S FORTY YEARS IN THE PHILIPPINES / EDWARD FISCHER". Filipinas Heritage Library. Retrieved 2017-02-22.