James O'Connor
Deceased Person
1823 – 1891
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Who was James O'Connor?
James O'Connor, D.D. was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Omaha.
Born in Queenstown, Ireland, he went to America at the age of fifteen. He was educated at St. Charles's Seminary, Philadelphia, and in the Propaganda College, Rome where he was ordained a priest in 1848. In 1885, the Diocese of Omaha was created, and Bishop O'Connor was appointed its first bishop. Bishop O'Connor died in 1891.
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- Born
- Sep 10, 1823
Cobh - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- County Cork
- Died
- 1891
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on July 23, 2013
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