01/07/09

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Monsignor John F. Donoghue, a Catholic
priest from Idaho who over the years held posts at the Idaho State
Penitentiary and Boise's Bishop Kelly High School, has died at 82.

Donoghue retired in 1998, only to be pressed briefly back into
service as the administrator of the Boise Diocese between the
departure of Bishop Tod Brown and Bishop Michael Driscoll's
arrival.

The Pennsylvania native came to Idaho in 1954 following seminary
studies in neighboring Washington state.

Over the years, he filled pastoral duties at St. Mary's, Sacred
Heart and St. Mark's churches in Boise, St. Charles in Salmon and
St. Michael's in Mullan.

He was dean of students at Bishop Kelly from 1964-1968, roughly
the same period when he was chaplain at the prison located just
east of Boise's downtown.

He died Monday at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in
Idaho's capital after a short hospitalization.

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