St Andrew Parish 1984-1989

Date of Birth: April 7, 1942

Date of Ordination: May 29, 1971

Father Pat Crone was born in Hamilton, Ohio on April 7, 1942 . He had one sister, four years older. Their father died when he was four, and he moved to Owensville with his mother and sister to live with his grandparents until his mother had saved enough money to purchase a home one mile south of Owensville, where she still lives.

He attended Owensville Grade School and Clermont Northeastern High School where he played every sport, but especially liked basketball. His mother was the primary religious educator of his life, supported by twelve years of CCD at St Louis and the teachers who shared their faith with him.

He had a paper route, worked on farms, at a building supply and a trucking company during school and college. After high school he joined the Air Force and served his active duty followed by time in the reserves. He was activated for the Cuban crisis.

He studied accounting at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Dayton before entering the seminary. Ordained a Deacon in 1970, he did his intern year at St. Michael in Sharonville.

Ordained a Priest for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati on May 29, 1971, he was then assigned as a full-time associate to Troy, Ohio. In October he was assigned to teach Religion at Carroll High School in Dayton. He was appointed Associate Youth Director for the Archdiocese (office in Dayton), and Chaplain to Juvenile Detention in Dayton.

In 1974 he was appointed Vocation Director for the Archdiocese. In 1978, he became co-pastor at Nativity, Pleasant Ridge; Pastor of St. Columbkille, Wilmington in 1979; St Andrew, Milford 1984; St Mary, Bethel and Our Mother of Good Counsel, Felicity, 1989; and St Saviour, Rossmoyne, 2000.