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Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
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Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern (October 14, 1872 – November 8, 1951) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne in Wyoming from 1912 until his death in 1951.

Biography

Early life

Patrick McGovern was born on October 14, 1872, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Patrick and Alice (McGearty) McGovern. After studying under the Sisters of Mercy, he graduated from Creighton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1891. Having decided to enter the priesthood, McGovern enrolled at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Priesthood

He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Omaha by Bishop Richard Scannell on August 18, 1895. In 1898, McGovern was assigned to a pastoral position at St. Philomena's Cathedral Parish in Omaha. While at St. Philomena, he also abolished tuition fees for the parochial school. After the cathedral building was sold, he was named to St. Peter's Parish in Omaha in 1907. He also served as a board member for the Associated Charities in the diocese

Bishop of Cheyenne

On January 19, 1912, McGovern was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne, by Pope Pius X. He received episcopal consecration on April 11, 1912. from Archbishop James Keane, with Bishops Scannel and Philip Garrigan serving as co-consecrators. McGovern spent his first four months as bishop at a hospital, recovering from surgical treatment for a stomach ailment.

McGovern was given an honorary doctorate of laws from Creighton University in 1928 and established St. Joseph's Orphanage in Torrington, Wyoming, on September 1, 1930. McGovern was made an assistant at the pontifical throne in 1937.

McGovern suffered a mental health crisis in 1940, requiring ten weeks' hospitalization. His self-confessed greatest accomplishment during his tenure was increasing the number of clergy servicing diocese; at the time of his arrival, there were only fourteen priests. In 1941, McGovern published History of The Diocese of Cheyenne.

Death and legacy

Patrick McGovern died in Cheyenne on November 8, 1951, at age 79.

References

1. ^ Bartlett, Ichabod S. (1918). History of Wyoming. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company.
2. ^ The Rosary Magazine. Rosary Press. 1912.
3. ^ "BISHOP M'GOVERN". The New York Times. 1951-11-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
4. ^ "Bishop Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.

External links

• Diocese of Cheyenne

v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne
Bishops	Ordinaries Maurice Francis Burke Thomas Mathias Lenihan James Keane Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern Hubert Newell Joseph Hubert Hart David L. Ricken Paul D. Etienne Steven Biegler
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Education	Youth education Holy Name Catholic School Saint Anthony Tri-Parish School Higher education Wyoming Catholic College
Miscellany	Father DeSmet's Prairie Mass Site St. Joseph’s Food pantry Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
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v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha
Ordinaries	Bishops James Myles O'Gorman James O.Connor Richard Scannell Jeremiah James Harty Joseph Francis Rummel Archbishops James Hugh Ryan Gerald Thomas Bergan Daniel E. Sheehan Elden Francis Curtiss George Joseph Lucas
Auxiliary bishops	Daniel E. Sheehan Anthony Michael Milone
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Education	Higher education Creighton University College of Saint Mary High schools Archbishop Bergan High School, Fremont Cedar Catholic High School, Hartington Central Catholic High School, West Point Creighton Preparatory School, Omaha Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School, Bellevue Duchesne Academy, Omaha Holy Family High School, Lindsay Marian High School, Omaha Mercy High School, Omaha Mount Michael Benedictine School, Omaha Norfolk Catholic High School, Norfolk Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School, Elgin Roncalli Catholic High School, Omaha St. Francis High School, Humphrey St. Mary's High School, O'Neill Scotus Central Catholic High School, Columbus V. J. and Angela Skutt Catholic High School, Omaha
Priests	Blase J. Cupich William Joseph Dendinger Edward J. Flanagan Joseph G. Hanefeldt Edward Joseph Hunkeler Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern John Linus Paschang
Other	Boys Town Notre Dame Academy and Convent Mount Michael Abbey Christ the King Priory Immaculata Monastery & Spirituality Center
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• 1872 births
• 1951 deaths
• Creighton University alumni
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• Clergy from Omaha, Nebraska
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha
• Roman Catholic bishops of Cheyenne
• 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States