Father Frederick Corcoran, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1890-1957)

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Born Thomas Corcoran on September 18, 1890 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, he was the son of Michael Corcoran and Mary McLauglin. He attended public elementary and senior high schools in West Springfield; St Vincent Preparatory College, Germantown, Pennsylvania; and the Passionist Preparatory Seminary at St. Mary’s, Dunkirk, New York. He professed his Passionist vows on November 12, 1911 and was ordained a priest on May 30, 1917. An account of his life was published in The Passionist Heritage.