Early life and education Treacy was born on July 23, 1891, in
Marlborough, Massachusetts, the only child of John and Ann (née O'Kane) Treacy. He attended the
College of the Holy Cross in
Worcester, Massachusetts, and studied at
Harvard Law School before enrolling at the
Catholic University of America in
Washington, D.C. Following his graduation from the Catholic University in 1912, Treacy returned to Massachusetts and studied at
St. John's Seminary in Boston. After 12 years in
parish work, Treacy became diocesan director of the
Society for the Propagation of the Faith in 1931. He attended the first two sessions of the
Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1963. Patrick Treacy died on October 11, 1964, at St. Francis Hospital in La Crosse. ==See also==