Bishop Michael J. O’Connor, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Member of Society of Jesus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Sep 1810		Born
1 Jun 1833	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
11 Aug 1843	32.8	Appointed	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Aug 1843	32.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
29 Jul 1853	42.8	Appointed	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Dec 1853	43.2	Appointed	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
20 May 1860	49.6	Resigned	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
22 Dec 1862	52.2	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
23 Dec 1862	52.2	Final Vows	Member of Society of Jesus
18 Oct 1872	62.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
Michael J. O’Connor
Bishop Michael J. O’Connor S.J.
(born 27 Sep 1810, died 18 Oct 1872)
Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh

Event Place
Birth Place Queenstown (Cobh), Diocese of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Sant’Agata dei Goti, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Granite, MD, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Buried Place (Original) Woodstock College Jesuit Theologate, Cemetery, Granite, MD, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland

a priest for 39.3 years
a bishop for 29.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Costantino Patrizi Naro †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Principal Consecrator:
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Fabio Maria Asquini †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Bishop Giuseppe Maria Pietro Raffaele Castellani, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Tobias Mullen † (1844)
Bishop John Tuigg † (1850)
Bishop Rupert (Albert) Seidenbusch, O.S.B. † (1853)
Bishop Richard Phelan † (1854)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Olliffe † (1843)
Bishop Ignatius Aloysius Reynolds † (1844)
Archbishop John Martin Henni † (1844)
Bishop Francis Xavier Gartland † (1850)
Bishop Pasquale de Lucia † (1852)
Bishop Mario De Luca † (1852)
Bishop Niccola Maria Guida † (1852)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Queenstown (Cobh), Diocese of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Sant’Agata dei Goti, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Granite, MD, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Buried Place (Original)	Woodstock College Jesuit Theologate, Cemetery, Granite, MD, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 10716713
Jesuit Online Necrology: 20021
VIAF: 42606185
WikiData: Q6833142

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 262, and Page 457
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 308
c2+: CB, 16 Feb 2016
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1843, Number 39
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 3, Number 98

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