Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Denis O'Donaghue
A History of Catholicity and Catholic Institutions in Indianapolis"
M. W. Carr, 1887,
1898
Rev. D. O'Donaghue is a native of Indiana. He was born in Daviess County, November 30, 1848. His parents were from Ireland, and they did not fail to impress upon the youthful mind of the subject of this mention the many wrongs of that long-suffering country. He studied at St. Meinrad's, Ind.; St. Joseph's college, Ky., and graduated from the Sulpitian seminary, Montreal, Canada. He was ordained by Bishop de St. Palais at Indianapolis, September 6, 1874. As a lecturer and orator he is very distinguished. He is noted as well for his witticisms as for his many labors since he became a priest. In recognition of his marked ability Bishop Chatard made him chancellor of the diocese. The parish over which Chancellor O'Donaghue presides and in which he has been rector since 1885 is St. Patrick's situated in the southeastern part of the Capital city. The ground for the church and the schools was donated, every foot of it, by Mrs. Phoebe Doherty, of Columbus, Ohio, a most excellent Catholic lady. It is after her family that the street upon which St. Patrick's church fronts has been named by the Indianapois city council.
Contributed by: Dianne Rossman