Patrick Geoghegan
Patrick Geoghegan | |
|---|---|
| 1st Bishop of Goulburn | |
Statue of Bishop Geoghegan erected outside St Francis' Church, Melbourne | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Province | Sydney |
| See | Goulburn |
| Appointed | 12 March 1864 |
| Predecessor | position established |
| Successor | William Lanigan |
| Previous post | Bishop of Adelaide (1859-1864) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 April 1835, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Consecration | 8 September 1859, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria by John Bede Polding, Archbishop of Sydney |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick Geoghegan 17 March 1805 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | May 9, 1864 (aged 59) Kingstown, Ireland |
| Buried | Church of the Immaculate Conception, Dublin |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Styles of Patrick Geoghegan | |
|---|---|
| Reference style | The Right Reverend |
| Spoken style | My Lord |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan, O.F.M. (1805–1864) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served firstly as Bishop of Adelaide. Born in Dublin, he became a Franciscan friar and served at a Dublin parish before volunteering for Australia. After five years as Bishop of Adelaide, He returned to Ireland, intending to stay only briefly. He was named Bishop of Goulburn, Australia, but died before he could assume the post.
Geoghegan built St Francis' Church, Melbourne, the earliest surviving Catholic church in Victoria (Australia). A memorial tablet marks his grave in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Dublin; and there is a statue of Bishop Geoghegan outside St. Francis Church in Melbourne.