Patrick Neary

(born March 6, 1963) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Bishop of Saint Cloud in Minnesota.

He has worked as a missionary priest in Chile, Kenya, and Uganda, held leadership positions in the Congregation of Holy Cross (CSC) and filled pastoral assignments in the U.S. Patrick Neary was born on March 6, 1963, in La Porte, Indiana,[2] the oldest of six children of Jacob and Marybelle Neary.

He joined the CSC and as a seminarian attended the University of Notre Dame, earning a bachelor's degree in history in 1985.

[3] Neary was ordained a priest at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Notre Dame, Indiana for the CSC on April 6, 1991, by Bishop Paul Edward Waldschmidt.

In 2018, after eight years in East Africa, the CSC transferred Neary to the role of pastor of Holy Redeemer Parish in Portland, Oregon.