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David Gerard O'Connell KC*HS (July 16, 1953 – February 18, 2023) was an Irish-born prelate of the Catholic Church who was an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California from 2015 until his murder in 2023. He served in the Los Angeles area for the entirety of his career as a priest.
Originally from Ireland, O'Connell worked as a priest and then a bishop in L.A. County for 43 years, primarily in South Los Angeles. In addition to serving his congregations, the white-haired ...
Eugene O'Connell (June 18, 1815 – December 14, 1891) was the first Catholic bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Grass Valley, California.Born in County Cavan, Ireland, O'Connell sailed to San Francisco upon the request of Bishop Alemany for priests to serve in the diocese of Monterey.
This became O’Connell’s office when Pope Francis appointed him as an auxiliary bishop in 2015. Instead of overseeing a couple of parishes in South L.A., O'Connell now was in charge of 66.
A Roman Catholic bishop in Southern California was found dead Saturday of a gunshot wound, according to the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper reported that Bishop David O'Connell was found in ...
Two years later, the Vatican placed western Nevada under the new Diocese of Grass Valley in California. [3] Bishop Eugene O’Connell of Grass Valley started sending more priests to Nevada to establish missions and build churches. [3] The first Catholic church in Nevada was constructed in Virginia City in 1860 to serve the miners in that town.
David O'Connell was born on April 21, 1955, in Philadelphia, one of the four sons of Arthur J. and June O'Connell.He was raised in nearby Langhorne, Pennsylvania.Feeling drawn at an early age to the Catholic priesthood, he attended St. Joseph Preparatory High School in Princeton, New Jersey.
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