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THANK YOU BISHOP MCGRATH
May 7, 2019 | The Valley Catholic
Bishop Patrick J. McGrath
Upon the retirement of Bishop
Pierre DuMaine on November 27,
1999, Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath
became the second bishop of San Jose.
Bishop McGrath was born June 11,
1945 in Dublin, Ireland where he at-
tended Catholic schools of the Sisters
of the Holy Faith and Marist Fathers.
He entered St. John Seminary, Water-
ford, Ireland in 1964 and was ordained
to the priesthood in Waterford June
7, 1970 for the Archdiocese of San
Francisco.
In 1977 he earned his doctorate in
canon law at the Pontifical Lateran
University in Rome. In 1979, Bishop
McGrath became Officialis of the
Archdiocese of San Francisco and was
appointed Rector and Pastor of Saint
Mary Cathedral in 1986. Ordained
Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco
on January 25, 1989, he then served
the Archdiocese as Vicar for Clergy,
Moderator of the Curia and Vicar for
Parishes.
On June 30, 1998, Bishop McGrath
was named by Pope John Paul II to be
Coadjutor to the Bishop of the Diocese
of San Jose and was formally received
into the diocese at a Mass of Welcome
on September 17, 1998.
The Most Reverend Oscar Cantú,
Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico
since 2013, was appointed by the Vati-
can as Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose on
July 11, 2018.
Bishop McGrath retired on May
1, 2019.
The late Archbishop John Quinn imposes hands on Bishop McGrath’s head during his
episcopal ordination in 1989 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco.
Photo courtesy of Evelyn Zappia, Archdiocese of San Francisco.
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Notre Dame High School
gives thanks for its
long partnership with
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for life.
How good is
the good God!
Thank you Bishop McGrath for your 20 years
of dedicated service to the Diocese of San Jose.
The St. Elizabeth Seton School community
is grateful for your love and support.
You will be missed!
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
596 S. 2 nd Street, San Jose, CA 95112
www.ndsj.org
St. Elizabeth Seton School
1095, Channing Avenue, Palo Alto. CA 94301
https://www.setonpaloalto.org