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class="infobox-label">Ordination</th><td class="infobox-data">December 13, 1942<br />by <a href="/wiki/John_Aloysius_Duffy" class="mw-redirect" title="John Aloysius Duffy">John Aloysius Duffy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consecration</th><td class="infobox-data">August 28, 1968<br />by <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Carroll" title="Coleman Carroll">Coleman Carroll</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">October 12, 1918<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_Ontario" title="Trenton, Ontario">Trenton, Ontario</a>, Canada</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">July 15, 2006<span style="display:none">(2006-07-15)</span> (aged 87)<br /><a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas">Brownsville, Texas</a>, US</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Joseph Fitzpatrick</b> (October 12, 1918 – July 15, 2006) was a Canadian-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_bishop" title="Auxiliary bishop">auxiliary bishop</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Miami" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Miami">Archdiocese of Miami</a> in Florida from 1968 to 1971 and as the third <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Brownsville" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Brownsville">Diocese of Brownsville</a> in Texas from 1971 to 1991. </p><p>Fitzpatrick was described as a strong advocate for the poor and for refugees.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Joseph_Fitzpatrick&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Joseph_Fitzpatrick&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Fitzpatrick was born in <a href="/wiki/Trenton,_Ontario" title="Trenton, Ontario">Trenton, Ontario</a>, Canada on October 12, 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When he was age five, his family moved to <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>. He attended Catholic schools throughout high school. He went to Rome to study for the priesthood, but was forced to return to the United States due to its entry into World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>After the war, Fitzpatrick returned to Rome to complete his studies.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Priesthood">Priesthood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Joseph_Fitzpatrick&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Priesthood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fitzpatrick was ordained a priest by Bishop <a href="/wiki/John_Aloysius_Duffy" class="mw-redirect" title="John Aloysius Duffy">John Aloysius Duffy</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Buffalo" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo">Diocese of Buffalo</a> on December 13, 1942, when he was 24 years old. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his ordination, he went to Florida to serve as a military chaplain. He was incardinated, or transferred, in 1948 to the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_St._Augustine" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine">Diocese of St Augustine</a> in Florida, then in 1958 was incardinated again, this time to the Archdiocese of Miami.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Auxiliary_Bishop_of_Miami">Auxiliary Bishop of Miami</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Joseph_Fitzpatrick&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Auxiliary Bishop of Miami"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fitzpatrick was appointed by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami and <a href="/wiki/Titular_Bishop" class="mw-redirect" title="Titular Bishop">titular bishop</a> of Cenae on June 24, 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 28, 1968, he was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Coleman_F._Carroll" class="mw-redirect" title="Coleman F. Carroll">Coleman F. Carroll</a>; his co-consecrators were Bishop <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Aloysius_Durick" title="Joseph Aloysius Durick">Joseph Durick</a> and Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bernardin" title="Joseph Bernardin">Joseph Bernardin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishop_of_Brownsville">Bishop of Brownsville</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Joseph_Fitzpatrick&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bishop of Brownsville"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 27, 1971, Fitzpatrick was appointed by Paul VI as the third bishop of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Brownsville" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville">Diocese of Brownsville</a>. He was installed on May 27, 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1982, Fitzpatrick opened Casa Oscar Romero in Brownsville, named after the murdered Salvadorian archbishop, <a href="/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero" title="Óscar Romero">Oscar Arnulfo Romero</a>. It served as a shelter for refugees coming across the Mexican border into the United States. He eventually closed the shelter after repeated complaints from federal judges that he was violating <a href="/wiki/US_immigration_law" class="mw-redirect" title="US immigration law">US immigration law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fitzpatrick set up a different shelter and even opened his own garage to refugees.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As bishop, he set up an extensive program to train lay people to assume roles within the diocese.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also established diocese radio and TV stations.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement_and_legacy">Retirement and legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Joseph_Fitzpatrick&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Retirement and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 30, 1991, Pope John Paul II accepted Fitzpatrick's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the death of his replacement, Bishop <a href="/wiki/Enrique_San_Pedro" title="Enrique San Pedro">Enrique San Pedro</a>, in 1994, Fitzpatrick served as apostolic administrator for nearly a year until the appointment of Bishop <a href="/wiki/Raymundo_Joseph_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Raymundo Joseph Peña">Raymundo Peña</a> in 1995. In May 1994, Fitzpatrick testified in court on behalf of Stacey Lynn Merkt, a Catholic lay worker accused of illegally bringing two <a href="/wiki/Salvadorans" title="Salvadorans">Salvadoran</a> refugees into the United States. He said that aiding refugees was in accordance with the laws of man and of God<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John Fitzpatrick died in Brownsville on July 15, 2006, at age 87.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Joseph_Fitzpatrick&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 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Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Miami</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/St._Patrick_Catholic_Church_(Miami_Beach,_Florida)" title="St. Patrick Catholic Church (Miami Beach, Florida)">St. Patrick Catholic Church, Miami Beach</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Saint_Edward_Catholic_Church,_Pembroke_Pines" title="Saint Edward Catholic Church, Pembroke Pines">Saint Edward Catholic Church, Pembroke Pines</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Higher education</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Barry_University" title="Barry University">Barry University</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_University_(Florida)" title="St. Thomas University (Florida)">St. Thomas University</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Seminary</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_Vianney_Seminary_(Miami)" title="Saint John Vianney Seminary (Miami)">St. John Vianney College Seminary</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>High schools</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_Coleman_F._Carroll_High_School" title="Archbishop Coleman F. 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title="Immaculata-LaSalle High School">Immaculata-LaSalle High School, Miami</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Monsignor_Edward_Pace_High_School" title="Monsignor Edward Pace High School">Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Miami Gardens</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Lourdes_Academy" title="Our Lady of Lourdes Academy">Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami-Dade County</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/St._Brendan_High_School" title="St. Brendan High School">St. Brendan High School, Westchester</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Aquinas_High_School_(Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)">St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Fort Lauderdale</a></dd></dl></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Closed" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Closed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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