Archbishop Martin John O’Connor †

Deceased

President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 May 1900		Born
15 Mar 1924	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
14 Nov 1942	42.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
14 Nov 1942	42.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thespiae
27 Jan 1943	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thespiae
26 Nov 1946	46.5	Appointed	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
Jan 1948³	47.6	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
5 Sep 1959	59.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria
1964²	63.6	Resigned	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
15 Dec 1965	65.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
May 1969³	68.9	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
8 Sep 1971	71.3	Resigned	President of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
1 Dec 1986	86.5	Died	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Martin John O’Connor
Archbishop Martin John O’Connor
(born 18 May 1900, died 1 Dec 1986)
President Emeritus of Social Communications

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint Peter, Cathedral, Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Place Wilkes-Barre, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Cemetery, Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 62.7 years
a bishop for 43.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giuseppe Palica †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop William Joseph Hafey †
Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia
Bishop George Leo Leech †
Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Joseph Hafey † (1925)
Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley † (1914)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley † (1900)
Bishop of Savannah, Georgia
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Deacon:
Bishop Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz (1960)
Archbishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan † (1964)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop James Clifford Timlin † (1951)
Bishop Stanley Joseph Ott † (1951)
Bishop Austin Bernard Vaughan † (1951)
Bishop John Aloysius Marshall † (1953)
Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman † (1955)
Bishop William Joseph Winter (1955)
Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch † (1956)
Bishop Raymond William Lessard † (1956)
Edward Michael Cardinal Egan † (1957)
Archbishop Alfred Clifton Hughes (1957)
Bishop Anthony Michael Milone † (1957)
Bishop James Michael Moynihan † (1957)
James Francis Cardinal Stafford (1957)
Bishop John Richard Keating † (1958)
Bishop Philip Francis Murphy † (1958)
Bishop Patrick Ronald Cooney † (1959)
Archbishop Robert Fortune Sanchez † (1959)
Bishop Richard John Sklba † (1959)
Bishop Joseph Patrick Delaney † (1960)
Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli † (1960)
Bishop Victor Benito Galeone † (1960)
Bishop Thomas George Doran † (1961)
Archbishop John Clement Favalora (1961)
Bishop Edward Urban Kmiec † (1961)
William Joseph Cardinal Levada † (1961)
Archbishop John George Vlazny † (1961)
Bishop Matthew Harvey Clark † (1962)
Archbishop Henry Joseph Mansell (1962)
Bishop Howard James Hubbard † (1963)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Nikol Joseph Cauchi † (1967)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Fulton John Sheen † (1951)
Bishop Frederick William Freking † (1957)
Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio † (1961)
Pablo Cardinal Muñoz Vega, S.J. † (1964)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Saint Peter, Cathedral, Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Place	Wilkes-Barre, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Cemetery, Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 256962381
Vatican Library: 495/47040
VIAF: 89656479
WikiData: Q6775824

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1943, Number 2
c1: CB, 13 May 2022

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