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John Joseph O'Connor (cardinal)

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John Joseph O'Connor
Cardinal, Archbishop of New York
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See New York
Appointed January 26, 1984
Installed March 19, 1984
Term ended May 3, 2000
Predecessor Terence Cooke
Successor Edward Egan
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
Orders
Ordination December 15, 1945
by Hugh L. Lamb
Consecration May 27, 1979
by John Paul II
Created Cardinal May 25, 1985
by John Paul II
Rank Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born (1920-01-15)January 15, 1920
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died May 3, 2000(2000-05-03) (aged 80)
New York City, New York, United States
Buried St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, New York, United States
Denomination Roman Catholicism
Parents Thomas J. O'Connor & Dorothy Magdalene Gomple
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Alma mater St. Charles Borromeo Seminary (1945), Villanova University, Georgetown University (1970)
Motto There Can Be No Love Without Justice
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Allegiance  United States of America
Service/branch Seal of the United States Department of the Navy.svg United States Navy
Years of service 1952–1979
Rank US-O8 insignia.svg Rear Admiral
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Informal style Cardinal

John Joseph O'Connor (January 15, 1920 – May 3, 2000) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1984 until his death in 2000, and was created a cardinal in 1985. He previously served as auxiliary bishop of the Military Vicariate of the United States (now the Archdiocese for the Military Services) (1979–83) and Bishop of Scranton (1983–84).

O'Connor was born in Philadelphia, the fourth of five children of Thomas J. and Dorothy Magdalene (née Gomple) O'Connor (1886–1971), daughter of Gustave Gumpel, a kosher butcher and Jewish rabbi. In 2014, his sister Mary O'Connor Ward discovered through genealogical research that their mother was born Jewish and was baptized as a Roman Catholic at age 19. John's parents were wed the following year.

He attended public schools until his junior year of high school, when he enrolled in West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys.

O'Connor then enrolled at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, and after graduating from there he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on December 15, 1945, by Hugh L. Lamb, then an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese. He was initially assigned to teach at St. James High School in Chester, Pennsylvania.


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