| Styles of Eugene O'Connell |
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|---|---|
| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Eugene O'Connell (June 18, 1815–December 14, 1891) was the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grass Valley, California.[1]
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O'Connell was ordained to the priesthood on May 21, 1842. O'Connell, who had been a seminary professor in Dublin, Ireland,[2] was named Vicar Apostolic of Marysville, California and titular bishop of Flaviopolis on September 26, 1860 by Pope Pius IX.
O'Connell was ordained as a bishop on February 3, 1861 by Cardinal Paul Cullen.[3] On February 3, 1868, O'Connell was named the first bishop of the Grass Valley Diocese. While the diocese was erected in Grass Valley, O'Connell chose to live in Marysville.[4] He served as a Council Father to the First Vatican Council convoked by Pope Pius IX. He was instrumental in choosing then Father Patrick Manogue to start a ministry in the Nevada Territory.[5] Along with Manogue, O'Connell encouraged the Daughters of Charity to help in Nevada.[6] He dedicated Saint Mary in the Mountains Catholic Church in 1864.[7]
O'Connell resigned on March 17, 1884.[8] On that date, he was appointed as titular bishop of Ioppe.[9] He died in Los Angeles, California on December 4, 1891.[10]
The remains of Eugene O'Connell were moved from Los Angeles to Sacramento over a hundred years after his death.[11]
| Preceded by Founding Bishop |
Bishop of Grass Valley September 26, 1880–March 17, 1884 |
Succeeded by Patrick Manogue |