See San Jose, California Name Patrick McGrath Installed November 27, 1999 Predecessor Pierre DuMaine | Successor Incumbent Ordination June 7, 1970 Denomination Roman Catholic Consecration January 25, 1989 | |
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Church Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph Other posts Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco Born June 11, 1945 (age 79)
Dublin, Ireland ( 1945-06-11 ) Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California | ||
Patrick Joseph McGrath (born June 11, 1945) is the second Roman Catholic Bishop of San Jose. Known as P.J., McGrath was born in Dublin, Ireland.
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Early life and ministry
McGrath attended St. John’s Seminary in Waterford, Ireland, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1970. He served as the parochial vicar of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish in San Francisco, and in the archdiocesan tribunal. He went to Rome to continue his education and earned a doctorate in Canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University in 1977. He returned to San Francisco and was appointed the Vice-Officialis, then Officialis, of the archdiocesan tribunal and pastor of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.
Episcopal career
McGrath was named auxiliary bishop of San Francisco and titular bishop of Allegheny on December 6, 1988, and consecrated on January 25, 1989 at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption; archbishop John Raphael Quinn served as his principal consecrator. McGrath was named coadjutor bishop of San Jose by Pope John Paul II on June 30, 1998, and became the ordinary of the diocese upon the retirement of bishop Pierre DuMaine on November 27, 1999.