Sir Patrick Joseph Lynch KNZM QSO (born 18 March 1942) is a New Zealand educationalist.

[2] He studied at the Catholic College of Education, Sydney,[1] and became a religious brother of the De La Salle Order.

[1] Lynch taught at various Catholic schools between 1963 and 1993, and was principal of De La Salle College, Auckland, from 1979 to 1993.

[1] He served as president of the Secondary Principals Association of New Zealand (SPANZ) from 1992 until 1994, and then, while remaining a member of the De La Salle Brothers Community at Mangere East, chief executive of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office (NZCEO), a position he held for 21 years from 1994[4] until 2015.

[9] In the 2015 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education.