Person:Patrick Connolly (8)

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Patrick Francis Connolly
b.2 Feb 1845 Sligo, Republic of Ireland
d.4 Jan 1915 New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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m. Est 1833
  1. Michael Connolly1834 -
  2. Thomas A. Connolly1838 - 1894
  3. William Connolly1844 - Aft 1914
  4. Patrick Francis Connolly1845 - 1915
  5. Bridget Elizabeth Connolly1849 - 1929
  6. Henry A. Connolly1850 - 1935
  7. Margaret Ann Connolly1859 - 1923
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Name Patrick Francis Connolly
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Feb 1845 Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Ordination[1] 3 Jun 1871 R.C. Priest
Naturalization[4] 3 Oct 1879 Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Death[1] 4 Jan 1915 New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
Burial? Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey, United StatesSt. Philip and James new cemetery
Probate[2] 20 Jan 1915
Cause of Death[5] pneumonia

Patrick Connolly was a priest of the Diocese of Newark, New Jersey and then, after the split, the Diocese of Trenton. He was ordained on 3 June 1871. A book in Newark Abbey Library [Bouvier, J.B. Institutiones Theologicae ad usum seminariorum. Paris 1865] carries the inscription: "Ex libris/Patk Connolly/Seton Hall/1868". Father Thomas McEnery, son of Patrick's sister Bridget, gave his library, containing many of his uncle’s books, to St. Mary’s Abbey (now Newark Abbey), Newark.

According to an obituary in an unnamed paper, he died of bronchial pneumonia at 2:34 p.m. “He was without a superior in New Jersey as a preacher and was much sought after to deliver sermons in this section of the diocese.” Regarding his education it goes on to say: “His early training in public schools was supplemented by a course in St. Mary's Abbey, Wilmington, Delaware, where he evinced a talent and an adaptation to the priesthood.” The reference to St. Mary's Abbey, Delaware is apparently mistaken. There was a St. Mary’s College there, but it does not seem to be connected to St. Mary's Abbey, Newark, although there was a parish staffed by the monks of St. Mary's in Delaware. After a three-year course there he went to St. Charles College, Maryland, for the classical course, and Seton Hall for seminary. He was ordained 3 June 1871.

His first assignment was to St. Paul’s, Burlington (1871), then Immaculate Conception, Camden (1871-1873), then St. John’s, Lambertville (1873-1876), 1876 made Pastor of St. Mary’s, Bordentown, September 1897 to 1915 Sts. Philip and James, Bordentown. Made Dean of Warren, Hunterdon and Sussex Counties in 1904. Made Monsignor 1907. He was a member of C.B.L., and Warren Council, No. 473, K of C.

He was made dean, or "Vicar Forane" of Hunterdon, Warren and Somerset Counties.S3.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rt. Rev. Patrick Connolly Memorial card.
  2. ↑ "Prelate Leaves Most to Church", in Trenton (NJ) Evening Times
    p. 14, 20 Jan 1915.

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    library and chalice to nephew, Rev. Thomas McEnery, Caldwell
    gold watch and portraits to nephew Joseph Connolly, Belleville
    plots of land at Belleville to brother William, of Belleville
    $1,000 to brother Henry, Belleville
    insurance money to sisters Mrs. Bridget McEnery and Mrs. Margaret McCabe, Belleville

  3.   Phillipsburg Priest a Dean, in Trenton (NJ) Evening Times
    p. 12, 13 Apr 1904.
  4. ↑ Passport application of Patrick F. Connolly [1], in U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925.

    Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

  5. ↑ .

    Patriot
    Tuesday, January 05, 1915 Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaVolume: 74Issue: 39Page 10

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