Michael O'Connor (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Michael O'Connor, S.J. |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh | |
A lithograph portrait of Bishop Michael O'Connor from The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
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| Archdiocese | Philadelphia |
| Diocese | Pittsburgh |
| In office | August 15, 1843 – July 29, 1853; December 20, 1853 – May 23, 1860 |
| Successor | Michael Domenec, C.M. |
| Other posts | Bishop of Erie (July 29, 1853 - December 20, 1853) |
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| Ordination | June 1, 1833 by Archbishop Costantino Patrizi Naro |
| Consecration | August 15, 1843 by Cardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni |
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September 27, 1810 Cobh, County Cork, Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Died | October 18, 1872 (aged 62) , United States |
Michael O'Connor, S.J., (September 27, 1810 – October 18, 1872) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and a member of the Society of Jesus. He served as the Bishop of Pittsburgh (1843–53, 1853–60) and briefly as the Bishop of Erie (1853).
O'Connor was born in Cobh, near the city of Cork, in County Cork, Ireland. His younger brother, James, would serve as the first Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1885 to 1891. He received his early education in his native town, where he attended a school attached to the Cathedral of Cloyne. At the age of 14, he was sent by William Coppinger, the Catholic Bishop of Cloyne, to begin his studies for the priesthood in France.
O'Connor continued his studies at the Urban College of the Propaganda in Rome. He completed his courses in philosophy and theology with distinction, and won a gold medal for being the first in mathematics. Among his fellow students at the Propaganda were Paul Cullen, Francis Kenrick, and Martin Spalding. He finished his studies before reaching the canonical age for ordination, and spent the interval as a professor of Sacred Scriptures at the Propaganda. He earned a Doctor of Divinity degree following a public disputation, in which he underwent the same test made by Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure at the University of Paris in the 13th century.
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