Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern

Styles of Patrick McGovern

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern (October 14, 1872 – November 8, 1951) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Cheyenne from 1912 until his death.

Biography

Patrick McGovern was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and later became an orphan.^[1] After studying under the Sisters of Mercy, he graduated from Creighton University in 1891 and then entered Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Richard Scannell on August 18, 1895, and did pastoral work in Jackson and Kearney. McGovern was pastor of St. Philomena's Cathedral from 1898 to 1907, during which time he also abolished tuition fees for the parochial school. After the cathedral's demolition, he was named to St. Peter's Church in November 1907.

On January 19, 1912, McGovern was appointed the fourth Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, by Pope Pius X. He received episcopal consecration on the following April 11 from Archbishop James Keane, with Bishops Scannel and Philip Garrigan serving as co-consecrators. McGovern was given an honorary doctorate of laws from Creighton University in 1928, established St. Joseph's Orphanage September 1, 1930. In 1971 it ceased being an orphanage and became a Children's home for troubled youth age 6 to 18. Bishop McGoven was made an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne in 1937.

A man of frail health, he spent four months of his first year as Bishop at a hospital, where he received surgical treatment for a stomach ailment, and later suffered a nervous breakdown in 1940, requiring ten weeks' hospitalization. His self-confessed greatest accomplishment during his tenure was increasing the number of clergy servicing the Diocese of Cheyenne; at the time of his arrival, there were only fourteen priests.

McGovern died at age 79, having served as Bishop for thirty-nine years.

References

↑ New Catholic Encyclopedia. Catholic Church in Wyoming

External links

Diocese of Cheyenne

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Preceded by James John Keane	Bishop of Cheyenne 1912–1951	Succeeded by Hubert Michael Newell

Diocese of Cheyenne

Bishops	Ordinaries Maurice Francis Burke Thomas Mathias Lenihan James Keane Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern Hubert Newell Joseph Hubert Hart David L. Ricken Paul D. Etienne

Churches	Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral Parishes Church of Saint Anthony, Casper Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Rock Springs

Education	Higher Education Wyoming Catholic College

Miscellany	Father DeSmet's Prairie Mass Site

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Archdiocese of Omaha

Ordinaries	Bishops James O'Connor Richard Scannell Jeremiah James Harty Joseph Francis Rummel Archbishops James Hugh Ryan Gerald Thomas Bergan Daniel E. Sheehan Elden Francis Curtiss George Joseph Lucas

Auxiliary Bishops	Daniel E. Sheehan Anthony Michael Milone

Churches	Cathedral St. Cecilia Cathedral Parishes St. Anthony's Church, Cedar Rapids St. Leonard Church, Madison Holy Family Church, Omaha Immaculate Conception Church, Omaha Sacred Heart Church, Omaha St. Frances Cabrini Church, Omaha St. John's Church, Omaha St. Joseph Church, Omaha St. Bonaventure Church, Raeville

Education	Higher Education Creighton University College of Saint Mary High Schools Archbishop Bergan High School, Fremont Cedar Catholic High School, Hartington Central Catholic High School, West Point Creighton Preparatory School, Omaha Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School, Bellevue Duchesne Academy, Omaha Holy Family High School, Lindsay Marian High School, Omaha Mercy High School, Omaha Mount Michael Benedictine Abbey and High School, Omaha Norfolk Catholic High School, Norfolk Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School, Elgin Roncalli Catholic High School, Omaha St. Francis High School, Humphrey St. Mary's High School, O'Neill St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey Catholic High School, Omaha Scotus Central Catholic High School, Columbus V. J. and Angela Skutt Catholic High School, Omaha

Priests	Blase J. Cupich William Joseph Dendinger Edward J. Flanagan Joseph G. Hanefeldt Edward Joseph Hunkeler Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern John Linus Paschang

Other	Boys Town Notre Dame Academy and Convent

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