Patrick Phelan, (February 1795 – June 6, 1857) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, Sulpician, and Bishop of Kingston briefly in 1857.
On 24 Sept. 1825, with Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue presiding, Phelan became the first priest to be ordained in Montreal's newly consecrated church of Saint-Jacques.
Prior to his departure, the Irish soldiers of the Montreal garrison gave him an ornamental silver snuff-box in grateful memory of his services to them.
Bishop Ignace Bourget of Montreal offered to send the Oblates who would not only care for the faithful in Bytown but would also minister to the workers in the loggers’ camps.
On January 28, 1853, Phelan asked for the bilingual Brothers of the Christian Schools to come to Kingston to aid in the instruction of the young men at Regiopolis College.