Patrick O'Beirne was an Irish-born priest who ministered in the Archdiocese of Boston.
11 Facts About Patrick O'Beirne
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Patrick O'Beirne was born in Mohill, County Leitrim, on December 31,1808, and arrived in America in 1833.
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Patrick O'Beirne's brother, John O'Beirne, was a priest in Boston.
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Patrick O'Beirne was ordained a priest in 1835 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston by Bishop Benedict Fenwick.
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Patrick O'Beirne served as the first pastor of St Joseph's and remained there until his death in 1883.
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Patrick O'Beirne was briefly pastor of St Rose of Lima in Chelsea, Massachusetts and served at St John the Evangelist in Hopkington, Massachusetts, and St Mary's in Holliston, Massachusetts.
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Patrick O'Beirne served on the Archbishop's Council and opened the Toll Gate Cemetery on Hyde Park Avenue.
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Patrick O'Beirne served as co-pastor of St Mary's Church in the North End with Fr.
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Not long after, Patrick O'Beirne requested a transfer to a different parish and was sent to Providence, Rhode Island, which was then part of the Boston Diocese.
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On Easter Sunday, April 12,1857, Father Patrick O'Beirne said Mass for the first time in the new 600 person church.
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Patrick O'Beirne remained pastor of St Mary's until 1866, when Fr.