Patrick Dorrian was born in Downpatrick and was educated in Maynooth, where he was ordained in 1833. He served as a curate in Belfast for ten years and was parish priest in Loughinisland, County Down, from 1847 to 1860, at which time he became Coadjutor Bishop of Down and Connor. He was consecrated in St Malachy's Church, Belfast and eventually succeeded as Bishop in 1865. 

Born:	29 March 1814
Died:	3 November 1885