Patrick James Donahue (April 15, 1849 – October 4, 1922) was an English-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] Donahue was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Baltimore by Archbishop James Gibbons on December 19, 1885.

[3] He received his episcopal consecration on April 8, 1894, at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral from Cardinal Gibbons, with Bishops John Foley and Leo Haid serving as co-consecrators.

[3] Donahue established 38 parishes, six missions, four hospitals, two monasteries, an orphanage and several schools in the diocese.

Tracy and Donahue had met on a transatlantic voyage in 1899 and became friends over a long game of chess.