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Edwin F. O'Brien

His Eminence
Edwin Frederick O'Brien
Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore
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Appointed March 15, 2012
Predecessor John Patrick Foley
Successor Incumbent
Other posts Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino
Orders
Ordination May 29, 1965
by Francis Spellman
Consecration March 25, 1996
by John Joseph O'Connor
Created Cardinal February 18, 2012
by Benedict XVI
Rank Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born (1939-04-08) April 8, 1939 (age 78)
Bronx, New York
Denomination Catholic Church
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Motto PASTORES DABO VOBIS
("I Will Give You Shepherds")
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Edwin Frederick O'Brien (born April 8, 1939) is an American Cardinal prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre since March 15, 2012, having previously served as Pro-Grand Master since August 29, 2011.

He previously held positions as 15th Archbishop of Baltimore from 2007 to 2011, and as 7th Archbishop for the Military Services from 1997 to 2007.

Edwin O'Brien was born in 1939 in the Bronx, New York, to Edwin Frederick, Sr. and Mary Winifred O'Brien. One of three children, he had two brothers, Ken and Tom, now deceased. He graduated from Our Lady of Solace School in 1953 and attended St. Mary's High School in Katonah from 1953 to 1957. He entered St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers in 1959, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts (1961), Master of Divinity (1964), and Master of Arts (1965) degrees.

O'Brien was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francis Spellman on May 29, 1965. He served as a civilian chaplain at the United States Military Academy at West Point until 1970, when he became an army chaplain with the rank of Captain. He also took flight training that required him to parachute out of airplanes. O'Brien was a chaplain at Fort Bragg in North Carolina with the 82nd Division (1970–71) and in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (1971–72). While in Vietnam, he was based in the jungle and flew with a Protestant minister by helicopter to minister to soldiers. From 1972 to 1973, he was a post chaplain at Fort Gordon in Georgia.


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