Patrick Cronin

Who was Patrick Cronin?

Patrick H. Cronin, S.S.C., D.D. is the former Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro. He was born in 1913 at Moneygall, Dunkerrin, Co. Offaly, Ireland. He died on 19 February 1991 in Maria Reyna Hospital, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. Having studied at Tullamore Christian Brothers School and at St. Finian's College, Mullingar, Patrick Cronin entered the Columban Fathers' Seminary in 1931 and was ordained a priest in 1937. He was appointed to the Philippines where he was to remain until his death. In 1955 he became Prelate Ordinary of Ozamis. He succeeded James Hayes as Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro in 1971. He established the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, retiring in 1987. From then until his death he resided within the grounds of the archdiocesan seminary.