Sacramento County
Biographies
RT. REVEREND PATRICK JOSPEH KEANE
RT. REVEREND PATRICK JOSEPH KEANE.--Following a long, successful and highly beneficial career in the service of Christianity as a priest of the Catholic Church, Patrick Joseph Keane located in Sacramento in 1921 as auxiliary bishop. He was born in Ireland, January 6, 1872, a son of Jeremiah W. and Mary (Kissane) Keane, both natives of Ireland. Patrick Joseph Keane began his education in the common schools of Ireland, then entered St. Michael's College at Listowel, and later entered St. Patrick's College at Carlow, Ireland; when he came to the United States he entered the Catholic University in Washington, D. C., and was graduated with the degree of S. T. L.
In 1896 the Reverend Keane came West to San Francisco and for three years served as curate of St. Patrick's Church in the bay city; then was transferred to St. Joseph's Church in the same city where he served for ten years. He removed to Oakland, Cal., and for eleven years was rector of St. Frances de Sales Church; he was also dean of Alameda County while serving as rector in Oakland. In 1920 he was consecrated titular bishop of Samaria and auxiliary bishop of Sacramento. On the death of Bishop Grace he was appointed to the See of Sacramento, March 17, 1922. Bishop Keane is well known throughout California, having been a resident here for twenty-seven years, during which time his genuine worth, his active life and his high principles have commended him to the good-will, trust and respect of all with whom he has come in contact.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 877. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.