Rev. Patrick J. Conway, s.j. - Assignment Record

Assignment Record – Rev. Patrick J. Conway, s.j.

Summary of Case: Patrick J. Conway was a priest of the Jesuits' Oregon Province, ordained in 1934. He was assigned to parishes in Missoula MT and Lewiston ID, high schools in Tacoma and Spokane WA, and to a mission on the Crow Indian reservation in MT. His whereabouts after 1951 are unknown. Conway's name was included on the Province's 2011 list of "perpetrators of sexual abuse"; the Jesuits agreed to post the list on its website as part of its bankruptcy reorganization plan.

Ordained: 1934

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1934 San Francisco archbishop was Edward Joseph Hanna (1915-1935).	1935	Alma College	Alma	CA	4th year theology student
1935 Helena bishop was Joseph Michael Gilmore (1935-1962).	1937	St. Francis Xavier's	Missoula	MT	2/4	St. Francis Xavier's had a school with 133 boys and 113 girls, and Sacred Heart Academy with 101 girls. The 1937 Directory indexes Conway as at this assignment, but he is not listed as there in the Missoula pages.
1937 Boise City bishop was Edward Joseph Kelly (1927-1956).	1938	St. Stanislaus'	Lewiston	ID	3/3	St. Stanislaus' had a school with 152 students.
1938 Seattle bishop was Gerald Shaughnessy, s.m. (1933-1950).	1946	Bellarmine High School	Tacoma	WA		Bellarmine High had 260-297 students, all boys.
1946	1947	Gonzaga University High School	Spokane	WA		Gonzaga Univ. High had 509 students, all boys.
1947 Great Falls bishop was William Joseph Condon (1939-1967).	1951	St. Francis Xavier Mission	Crow Indian Reservation/St. Xavier	MT	1/1	St. Francis had a boarding and day school with 98-81 students, and a religious vacation school with 72 students.
1947	1951	Our Lady of Loretto	Lodgegrass	MT		This was a mission of St. Francis Xavier Mission.
1947	1951	St. Anthony's	Wyola	MT		This was a mission of St. Francis Xavier Mission.
1947	1951	St. Denis	Crow Agency	MT		This was a mission of St. Francis Xavier Mission. Conway is not indexed beyond the 1951 Directory.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1935-1951)

• Non-Monetary Commitments, Oregon Jesuits, nwjesuits.org, Dec. 7, 2012

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This assignment record was last updated on Oct. 24, 2014.