Monsignor John O'Connor
Title:
Monsignor
First Name:
John
Middle Names:
Patrick
Preferred Name:
Surname:
O'Connor
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Ben Lomond NSW
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Armidale NSW
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Armidale
Seminary:
St Columba's College, Springwood, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Glen Innes NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Glen Innes NSW
Country of Burial:
Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale | Inverell | Assistant Priest | Jan | 1927 | Campbell | ||||
| Armidale | Moree | Jan | 1927 | 1930 | Campbell | ||||
| Armidale | Quirindi | 1930 | Campbell | ||||||
| Armidale | Gunnedah | 1935 | Campbell | ||||||
| Armidale | Quiirindi | 1936 | Campbell | ||||||
| Armidale | Mungindi | Parish Priest | 1937 | Campbell; ACD 1946 p 72 | |||||
| Armidale | Bingara | 1949 | Campbell | ||||||
| Armidale | Cathedral | Administrator | Nov | 1952 | Jun | 1955 | Campbell | ||
| Armidale | Glen Innes | Parish Priest | Jun | 1955 | 1973 | Campbell | |||
| Australia | Various | President, Manly Union | Campbell |
Biographical Notes
T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
O'Connor, John Patrick
Born at Ben Lomond NSW on 6 August 1899 he was educated in the local primary school, and did his secondary schooling at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst. He then studied at St Columba's College, Springwood, supported by a part bursary endowed by the Cregan family of Ben Lomond, whose uncle, Patrick Cregan, was Rector of St Columba's College. He was ordained on 30 November 1922 in Armidale. His first appointment was as assistant priest, Inverell until January 1927 when he was transferred to Moree. He was moved from Moree to Quirindi in 1930. He was in Gunnedah in 1935 and Quirindi in 1936. He then was appointed parish priest Mungindi (1937). His next appointment was to Bingara (1949). In November 1952 he was appointed Administrator of the cathedral parish Armidale, during which period (June 1955) he was made a Domestic Prelate (Monsignor), at which time he was appointed as parish priest Glen Innes. He remained at Glen Innes until he died, but retired from the parish in 1973. He continued to live privately in Glen Innes. He was President of the Manly Union for 14 years. He died on 31 May 1977 in Glen Innes and was buried in Glen Innes cemetery.
(Sources: GIE 2 Jun 1977 pp 1, 10, 7 Jun 1977 p 1, Advocate 30 Oct 1930 p 12, 24 Feb 1949 p 4, O'Connor).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)