John Joseph Fitzpatrick

Bishop John Fitzpatrick
Bishop of Brownsville
Church	Catholic Church
See	Galveston-Houston
In office	1971 — 1991
Predecessor	Bishop Humberto Medeiros
Successor	Bishop Enrique San Pedro
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Cenae
Orders
Ordination	December 13, 1942
Consecration	August 28, 1968
Personal details
Born	October 12, 1918 Ontario, Canada
Died	July 15, 2006(2006-07-15) (aged 87) Brownsville, Texas

Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick (October 12, 1918 in Trenton, Ontario, Canada - July 15, 2006) was an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami (1968–1971) and the third Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville (1971–1991). He was also the Titular Bishop of Cenae (1968–1971).

Biography

Fitzpatrick was ordained a priest on December 13, 1942 when he was 24 years old. He was appointed by Pope Paul VI as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami and Titular Bishop of Cenae on June 24, 1968. On August 28, 1968, he was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll of the Archdiocese of Miami and his co-consecrators were Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville and Joseph Bernardin of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

In 1971, he was appointed as the third Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville. On November 30, 1991, he retired as bishop. Bishop Fitzpatrick again filled the role after the 1994 death of his replacement, Bishop Enrique San Pedro S.J., and served for nearly a year until the appointment of Bishop Raymundo Joseph Peña in 1995.

External links

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville
• Tyler Morning Telegraph obituary