Joseph Shanahan
Irish Spiritan missionary bishop of Onitsha and founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary
Who they were
Bishop Joseph Shanahan CSSp led the Catholic mission in south-eastern Nigeria, building a wide network of schools, and founded the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary at Killeshandra in 1924.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
His cause for canonisation was introduced at Onitsha cathedral on 15 November 1997.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Bishop Shanahan — Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary
- Bishop J. Shanahan — Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.