Patrick Dillon
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Patrick Dillon, C.S.C. was an Irish-American Catholic priest who served as president of the University of Notre Dame from 1865 to 1866. He was the first Irish priest at the university.
Patrick Dillon
Edward Sorin
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Edward Frederick Sorin, C.S.C. was a French-born American Catholic priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross and the founder of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana and of St. Edward's U
Patrick Dillon
…priest at the university. The Rev. Patrick Dillon served as the second president of the University of Notre Dame from 1865 to 1866. He succeeded Fr. Edward Sorin when Sorin decided to focus on his job as Provincial of the Congregation. His brief tenure featured the construction of the second main building. Dillon…
Sorin in 1890
Statue of Sorin on the Campus of the University of Notre Dame
Sorin Hall
Sorin in a souvenir photo from the Golden Jubilee of Notre Dame.