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Father Patrick J. Conroy, a Jesuit of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus, has served as the 60th Chaplain to United States House of Representatives since May 2011, only the second Catholic priest to serve in such a function. In the 1980s, Father Conroy served as lawyer for the Colville Confederated Tribes and as priest at the Colville and Spokane Indian Reservations. From 1990 to 2003 he served as university Chaplain at Georgetown University and at Seattle University. He earned an M.A. from Gonzaga University, a J.D. from St Louis University, an M. Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (CA), and an S.T.M. from Regis College of the University of Toronto.