Individual Details
Patrick (Pat) Leo CRONIN
(13 Dec 1897 - 16 Feb 1970)
Pat attended St. Michael's College, Listowel prior to studying philosophy at St. Patrick's College, Carlow. In 1919 he went to the United States where he studied at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis, and was ordained on 11 June 1922 in Lincoln, Kansas. During World War II he served as a chaplain in Europe for the U.S. Army and attained the rank of colonel.
According to an article in the Kerryman newspaper of 23 September 1961 on the dedication of the new Church of Our Lady of Fatima and St. Senan in Irremore, Pat donated a Rosary window to the new church in memory of his granduncle, Bishop John Cunningham of Concordia, Kansas.
Pat was living in Los Angeles at the time of his death.
According to an article in the Kerryman newspaper of 23 September 1961 on the dedication of the new Church of Our Lady of Fatima and St. Senan in Irremore, Pat donated a Rosary window to the new church in memory of his granduncle, Bishop John Cunningham of Concordia, Kansas.
Pat was living in Los Angeles at the time of his death.
Events
| Birth | 13 Dec 1897 | Irremore, Lixnaw, Co. Kerry | |||
| Christen | 15 Dec 1897 | Lixnaw, Co. Kerry | |||
| Death | 16 Feb 1970 | Los Angeles | |||
| Burial | 19 Feb 1970 | Los Angeles National Cemetery |
Families
| Father | Patrick CRONIN (1867 - 1900) |
| Mother | Johanna FITZGERALD (1860 - 1938) |
| Sibling | John (Jack) CRONIN (1896 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Margaret Mary CRONIN (1899 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine CRONIN (1900 - 1940) |