Philip Garrigan was born on September 8, 1840, in the Whitegate, Lisduff, Virginia area of County Cavan, Ireland .[ 1] Lowell, Massachusetts . He received his elementary education in the Lowell public schools, then went to Ellicott City, Maryland to study the classics at St. Charles's College . After finishing at St. Charles, Garrigan studied philosophy and theology at St. Joseph's Provincial Seminary in Troy, New York,[ 2]
Garrigan was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts in Troy by Bishop David Bacon on June 11, 1870.[ 3] [ 4] curate of St. John's Parish in Worcester, Massachusetts . In 1873, he returned to St. Joseph's Seminary to serve as its director.[ 2] [ 3]
Garrigan came back to Massachusetts in 1875 to serve as pastor of St. Bernard's Parish in Fitchburg, Massachusetts . In 1888, he was appointed as the first vice-rector of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. [ 3] [ 2]
Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (1920) Pope Leo XIII appointed Garrigan as bishop of Sioux City on March 21, 1902. He was consecrated at St. Michael's Cathedral by Bishop T.D. Beaven in Springfield, Massachusetts , on May 25, 1902. Garrigan was installed in Sioux City, Iowa , on June 18, 1902.[ 2]
Garrigan was a member of the National Geographic Society and the American Irish Historical Society . He authored the article on the Diocese of Sioux City for the Catholic Encyclopedia [ 3] food poisoning at a banquet honoring Bishop George Mundelein in Chicago; it would affect Garrigan's health for the rest of his life.[ 2]
Philip Garrigan died in Sioux City, Iowa on October 4, 1919, at age 79.[ 2] Bishop Garrigan High School in Algona, Iowa , was named after him.[ 5]
