Patrick William Riordan | |
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| Archbishop of San Francisco | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of San Francisco |
| Appointed | December 21, 1884 |
| Term ended | December 27, 1914 (his death) |
| Predecessor | Joseph Sadoc Alemany |
| Successor | Edward Joseph Hanna |
| Other post(s) | Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco (1883–1884) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 10, 1865 by Engelbert Sterckx |
| Consecration | September 16, 1883 by Patrick Feehan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 27, 1841 Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Died | December 27, 1914 (aged 73) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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Patrick William Riordan (August 27, 1841 – December 27, 1914) was a Canadian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of San Francisco from 1884 until his death in 1914. He served during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and he was a prominent figure in the first case submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration.