Background
He was born in 1913 at Moneygall, Dunkerrin, Company Offaly, Ireland.
He was born in 1913 at Moneygall, Dunkerrin, Company Offaly, Ireland.
Having studied at Tullamore Christian Brothers School and at Saint Finian"s College, Mullingar, Patrick Cronin entered the Columban Fathers" Seminary in 1931 and was ordained a priest in 1937.
He died on 19 February 1991 in Maria Reyna Hospital (now Maria Reyna Xavier University Hospital), Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. He was appointed to the Philippines where he was to remain until his death. In 1955 he became Prelate Ordinary of Ozamis.
He succeeded James Hayes as Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro in 1971.
He established the Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary, retiring in 1987. From then until his death he resided within the grounds of the archdiocesan seminary.
