Hugh Aloysius Donohoe

Hugh Aloysius Donohoe (June 28, 1905 – October 26, 1987) was an American Roman Catholic clergyman.

Biography

Born in San Francisco, California, Donohoe was educated at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park and at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 1930. He then served as a professor at St. Patrick Seminary (1930–42) and editor of The Monitor (1942-7). He became known as a prominent Catholic labor activist.

Ordination history of Hugh Aloysius Donohoe
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	John Joseph Mitty (San Francisco)
Date of consecration	October 7, 1947
Bishops consecrated by Hugh Aloysius Donohoe as principal consecrator
Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M.	March 7, 1961
Roger Mahony	March 19, 1975
José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S.	March 4, 1980

On August 2, 1947, Donohoe was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco and Titular Bishop of Taium by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 7 from Archbishop John Joseph Mitty, with Bishops James Joseph Sweeney and Thomas Arthur Connolly serving as co-consecrators. Appointed in 1948, the rector of The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. He was named the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Stockton on January 27, 1962, and attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965. From August 22, 1969 to his retirement on July 1, 1980, he served as the second Bishop of Fresno. He died at age 82.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by none	Bishop of Stockton 1962–1969	Succeeded by Merlin Guilfoyle
Preceded by Timothy Manning	Bishop of Fresno 1969–1980	Succeeded by José de Jesús Madera Uribe