Bishop O'Connell was born in Cork and moved to Los Angeles County where he was ordained as a priest in 1979.
CATHOLIC LEADERS HAVE paid their respects to Cork native Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell who was found dead at 1pm local time yesterday in Los Angeles.
“I am very sad this afternoon to report that our beloved Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell has passed away unexpectedly,” his statement read.“As a priest and later a bishop here in Los Angeles for forty-five years, Bishop Dave was a man of deep prayer who had a great love for Our Blessed Mother. He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected.
Bishop Fintan Gavin of Bishop O’Connell’s native diocese of Cork and Ross has said that news of the shooting has “sent shockwaves” across the diocese.
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