Bernard Joseph Mahoney

Bernard Joseph Mahoney (July 24, 1875 – March 20, 1939) was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Sioux Falls (1922-1939).

Biography

Bernard Mahoney was born in Albany, New York, to Daniel and Honora (née O'Connor) Mahoney, who were Irish immigrants. After attending St. John's Academy in Rensselaer, he studied at Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899 and a Master of Arts in 1901.

He was ordained to the priesthood on February 27, 1904.^[1] He then served as a curate at St. Peter's Church in Troy until 1909, when he became spiritual director of the Pontifical North American College in Rome. In 1912 he earned a Doctor of Sacred Theology.

On May 24, 1922, Mahoney was appointed Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, by Pope Pius XI.^[1] He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 29 from Cardinal Gaetano de Lai, with Bishops Giovanni Maria Zonghi and Giacomo Sinibaldi serving as co-consecrators, in Rome.^[1] He remained at Sioux Falls for the next sixteen years, until his death at age 63.

References

1 2 3 "Bishop Bernard Joseph Mahoney". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Thomas O'Gorman	Bishop of Sioux Falls 1922—1939	Succeeded by William O. Brady

Diocese of Sioux Falls

Bishops	Martin Marty Thomas O'Gorman Bernard Joseph Mahoney William O. Brady Lambert Anthony Hoch Paul Vincent Dudley Robert James Carlson Paul J. Swain

Churches	Cathedral St. Joseph Cathedral Parishes St. Anthony's Church, Hoven St. Peter's Church, Jefferson Holy Rosary Church, Kranzburg Holy Family Church, Mitchell St. Mary's Church, Salem St. Wenceslaus Church, Tabor St. Agnes Church, Vermillion Former St. Ann's Church, Badus St. Placidus Church, Gann Valley Holy Trinity Church, Kimball St. Scholastica Church, Letcher St. Agnes Church, Utica St. John the Baptist, Yankton County St. Mary's Church, Zell

Education	High Schools O'Gorman Catholic High School, Sioux Falls Roncalli High School, Aberdeen St. Mary High School, Dell Rapids

Priests	Thomas Gullickson Donald Joseph Kettler

Other	Old St. Wenceslaus Catholic Parish House

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