Daniel Francis Desmond
{{Short description|American prelate}}
{{For|the Irish politician|Dan Desmond}}
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| predecessor = Cornelius Van de Ven
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| ordination = June 9, 1911
| ordained_by = Joseph Gaudentius Anderson
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| consecrated_by = John Bertram Peterson
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| birth_place = Haverhill, Massachusetts, US
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| education = College of the Holy Cross (BA)
St. John Seminary
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Daniel Francis Desmond (April 4, 1884—September 11, 1945) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana from 1933 until his death in 1945.
Biography
= Early life =
Daniel Desmond was born on April 4, 1884, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Daniel and Catherine (née Lynch) Desmond.{{cite book|last=Curtis|first=Georgina Pell|title=The American Catholic Who's Who|volume=XIV|year=1961|publisher=Walter Romig|location=Grosse Pointe, Michigan}} His father was a shoemaker from Bandon, County Cork in Ireland.{{cite book|last=O'Malley|first=Patricia Trainor|title=The Irish in Haverhill, Massachusetts|volume=II|year=1992|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Charleston, South Carolina}} After graduating from St. James High School at Haverhill in 1900, Daniel Desmond studied at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1906. He completed his theological studies at St. John Seminary in Boston.
= Priesthood =
Desmond was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston by Bishop Joseph Anderson on June 9, 1911.{{cite news|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|title=Bishop Daniel Francis Desmond|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdesmond.html}}{{Self-published source|date=December 2015}} He then served as a curate at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Beachmont, Massachusetts, until 1912, when he was transferred to St. Joseph Parish in Medford, Massachusetts. During World War I, Desmond was a chaplain in the United States Army (with the rank of First Lieutenant) from 1918 to 1919. Returning from service, he became a curate at St. Clement Parish in Somerville, Massacnusetts, and was later named director of Catholic Charities (1926).
= Bishop of Alexandria =
On December 16, 1932, Desmond was appointed the fifth Bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on January 5, 1933, from Bishop John Peterson, with Bishops Joseph McCarthy and Francis Spellman serving as co-consecrators, at Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston. He established 10 new schools, 22 parishes, and 35 churches.
Daniel Desmond died from a heart attack on September 11, 1945, while visiting family in Massachusetts; he was age 61.{{cite news|date=1945-09-12|work=The New York Times|title=Bishop Daniel Desmond, Head of Alexandria, La., Diocese Dies on Visit to Relatives}}
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title=Bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana |
before=Cornelius Van de Ven |
after=Charles Pasquale Greco |
years=1933–1945 }}
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Category:College of the Holy Cross alumni
Category:People from Haverhill, Massachusetts
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Alexandria
Category:Saint John's Seminary (Massachusetts) alumni
Category:United States Army chaplains
Category:World War I chaplains
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States