Name Thomas Conaty Posthumous style none | Spoken style Your Excellency | |
Similar People John Joseph Cantwell, Thaddeus Amat y Brusi, June Marlowe, Robert Graham, Gregory Peck | ||
Reference style The Most Reverend | ||
Thomas James Conaty (August 1, 1847 – September 18, 1915) was the Bishop of the Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles (now the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Diocese of Monterey) from 1903-1915.
Biography
Bishop Conaty was born in the town of Kilnaleck in County Cavan, Ireland, the son of Patrick and Alice Lynch Conaty, aged just two, his family moved to America. He was ordained a priest in December 1872. In 1880 he was the founding pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Worcester, Massachusetts. He became the rector of The Catholic University of America (CUA) in 1896 and was ordained a bishop in 1901, remaining with the University until his appointment as head of the Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles in March 1903.
Until its demolition in 2011, CUA's Conaty Hall, a popular freshman residence hall, was named after him. Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto High School in Los Angeles, California also bears his name.