Francis Joseph Monaghan

Francis Joseph Monaghan
Bishop of Ogdensburg
In office	1939-1942
Orders
Ordination	May 29, 1915 by Cardinal Basilio Pompilj
Consecration	June 29, 1937 by Archbishop Thomas Walsh
Personal details
Born	(1890-10-30)October 30, 1890 Newark, New Jersey
Died	Mercy Hospital
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Thomas P. and Anna Loretta (née Daly) Monaghan
Education	Seton Hall College
Alma mater	Pontifical North American College

Francis Joseph Monaghan (October 30, 1890—November 13, 1942) served as the fourth Roman Catholic Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York from 1939 to 1942.

Biography

Francis Monaghan was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Thomas P. and Anna Loretta (née Daly) Monaghan. He attended Seton Hall College in South Orange, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (1911) and Master of Arts (1913). He then studied at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where he was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Basilio Pompilj on May 29, 1915. He earned a Doctor of Sacred Theology that same year.

Upon his return to New Jersey in 1915, he served as a curate at St. Paul of the Cross Church in Jersey City until 1926, when he became a professor of dogmatic theology and metaphysics at Immaculate Conception Seminary. He served as President of Seton Hall College from 1933 to 1936. He was named a Papal Chamberlain in 1934.

On April 17, 1936, Monaghan was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, and Titular Bishop of Mela by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 29 from Archbishop Thomas Walsh, with Bishops Joseph Henry Conroy and Thomas H. McLaughlin serving as co-consecrators. Following the death of Bishop Conroy, Monaghan succeeded him as Roman Catholic Bishop of Ogdensburg on March 20, 1939.

He later died from a cerebral hemorrhage at Mercy Hospital in Watertown, aged 52.

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Joseph Henry Conroy	Bishop of Ogdensburg 1939—1942	Succeeded by Bryan Joseph McEntegart