Hugh Aloysius Donohoe was an American

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 Roman Catholic

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 clergyman.

Born in San Francisco

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, California

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, Donohoe was educated at St. Patrick Seminary

Saint Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park

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 in Menlo Park

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 and at the Catholic University of America

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 in Washington, D.C.

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 He was ordained

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 to the priesthood

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 on June 14, 1930. He then served as a professor

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 at St. Patrick Seminary (1930-42) and editor

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 of The Monitor (1942-7). He became known as a prominent Catholic labor activist.

On August 2, 1947, Donohoe was appointed Auxiliary Bishop

Auxiliary bishop

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 of San Francisco

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 and Titular Bishop

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 of Taium by Pope Pius XII

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. He received his episcopal

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 consecration

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 on the following October 7 from Archbishop John Joseph Mitty

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, with Bishops James Joseph Sweeney

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 and Thomas Arthur Connolly serving as co-consecrators

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. He was named the first Bishop

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 of the newly-erected Diocese of Stockton

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 on January 27, 1962, and attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council

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 between 1962 and 1965. From August 22, 1969 to his retirement on July 1, 1980, he served as the second Bishop of Fresno

Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno

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. He died at age 82.