Frederick Anthony Donaghy
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The Most Reverend Frederick A. Donaghy, M.M. | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Wuzhou | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Appointed | April 11, 1946 |
| Term ended | 1983 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | January 27, 1929 |
| Consecration | September 21, 1939 by James Edwin Cassidy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 13, 1903 |
| Died | February 5, 1988 (aged 85) Ossining, New York |
Frederick Anthony Donaghy, M.M. (January 13, 1903 – February 5, 1988) was an American-born Catholic missionary and bishop. As a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll), he was assigned to missions in China. He served as the Bishop of Wuzhou from 1956–1975.
Frederick Donaghy was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to James and Rose (King) Donaghy and was one of six children.[1] His brother William became a Jesuit and served as president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Frederick Donaghy graduated from Holy Cross in 1925 and started his studies for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. He professed vows in the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America in 1928 and was ordained a priest on January 27, 1929.[citation needed]
Priesthood
His first mission assignment was to Kaying and he became fluent in the Hakka dialect. He was engaged in pastoral work and taught in the minor seminary. He was then assigned to Tsungow where he spent seven years.[2] On July 20, 1939 Pope Pius XII appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Setea and Vicar Apostolic of Wuzhou.
