Patrick O'Connor

Who was Patrick O'Connor?

Dr. Patrick J. O'Connor DD was an Irish born Roman Catholic Bishop of Armidale, in the Sydney Diocese, New South Wales Australia.

Patrick Joseph O'Connor born in Knock’ West, Clonea, County Waterford on the 25th of December 1848. He was educated by the Christian Brothers in Dungarvan, County Waterford and he went on to study for the priesthood at All Hallows College, Dublin, where he was ordained on the 15th of September 1875 for Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, on 15 September 1875.

He was made dean and Vicar General in 1882, later he was awarded the title of Monsignor, and on the 3rd of May, 1903 he was made Bishop of Armidale, consecrated by the Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal Moran.

He was a driving force behind the new Catholic cathedral in Sydney. O'Connor Catholic College is named in his honour.

Patrick's only brother David O’Connor also became a priest. His uncle Fr. Joseph Meany was a priest in Blackburn, England.

He died on the 15th of July 1932, and is buried in front of Our Lady's altar, in the Cathedral