Father James Conlan (1801-1875) ID: 11932 | This file appears in: Saint Patrick on Bridge Avenue He was the first pastor of St. Patrick Parish. Under his leadership, the parish built the original church on Whitman Avenue and the two school houses built on either side of that church. He convinced the parish in 1870 to build a larger and grander church on Bridge Avenue, but did not live to see that church completed, dying in 1875 while it was still in the early stages of construction. | Date: Circa 1870 | Source: History of St. Patrick's Parish: Memorial of the Golden Jubilee (November 18, 1903) Download Original File SourceHistory of St. Patrick's Parish: Memorial of the Golden Jubilee (November 18, 1903)DateCirca 1870 "Father James Conlan (1801-1875)" appears in: Saint Patrick on Bridge Avenue