Patrick William Riordan
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The Most Reverend Patrick William Riordan |
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| Archbishop of San Francisco | |
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| See | San Francisco |
| Installed | December 21, 1884 |
| Term ended | December 27, 1914 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Sadoc Alemany |
| Successor | Edward Joseph Hanna |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 10, 1865 |
| Consecration | September 16, 1883 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 27, 1841 Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Died | December 27, 1914 (aged 73) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Patrick William Riordan (August 27, 1841 – December 27, 1914) was a Canadian-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of San Francisco from 1884 until his death in 1914.
Patrick Riordan was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, to Matthew and Mary (née Dunne) Riordan. In 1848, at age seven, he moved with his parents to the United States, settling in Chicago, Illinois. He was educated at St. Mary's of the Lake University in Chicago and afterwards at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, from where he graduated in 1858. He was then sent to Rome as one of the original twelve students of the Pontifical North American College. However, after suffering a severe case of malaria, he left Rome and completed his studies at the Colonial Seminary in Paris and the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. He earned a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in 1864.
While in Belgium, Riordan was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Engelbert Sterckx on June 10, 1865. Upon his return to Chicago in 1866, he was named professor of ecclesiastical history and canon law at St. Mary's of the Lake. He was transferred to the chair of dogmatic theology the following year. From 1868 to 1871, he was engaged in missionary work in Joliet. He became pastor of St. James Church in Chicago in 1871.
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