Gerald Patrick O'Hara
Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara (born May 4, 1895 in Scranton (Pennsylvania) , † July 16, 1963 in Wimbledon (London) ) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop , Diplomat of the Holy See , Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland (1951-1954) and Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain (1954–1963).
career
After his ordination on April 3, 1920 by Cardinal Vicar Basilio Pompili , Pope Pius XI appointed him . on April 26, 1929 titular bishop pro hac vice of Heliopolis in Phenicia and auxiliary bishop in Philadelphia . Cardinal Denis Joseph Dougherty ordained O'Hara episcopal on May 21, 1929 at the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Monterey-Fresno , John Bernard MacGinley , and the Bishop of Scranton , Thomas Charles O'Reilly .
In 1935 he followed Michael Joseph Keyes SM as Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta and Pius XII. honored him in 1950 with the personal title of Archbishop. In 1959, he resigned from his position as Bishop of Savannah and became titular Archbishop of Pessinus . He was the governor of the Apostolic Nunciature in Romania from 1946 until his expulsion on July 5, 1950.
His activity as regent of the Apostolic Nunciature in Bucharest (1947–1950) contributed to the institutional preservation of the Catholic Church in Romania during the communist dictatorship. Between 1948 and 1950 he carried out eight secret episcopal ordinations in Romania , both for the Roman Catholic dioceses and for the dioceses of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church . In 1950 he was convicted of espionage in Bucharest and expelled from the country.
Episcopal ordinations
During his time as Regens of the Apostolic Nunciature in Romania from 1946 to July 5, 1950, O'Hara donated several episcopal ordinations:
- April 5, 1948 Anton Durcovici , Bishop of Iași , † December 11, 1951
There are also eight secret episcopal ordinations in the chapel of the Apostolic Nunciature:
- November 30, 1948 Ioan Ploscaru , titular bishop of Trapezopoli and auxiliary bishop in Lugoj , † July 31, 1998
- December 8, 1948 Ioan Duma , titular bishop of Iuliopolis , † July 16, 1981
- December 12, 1948 Adalbert Boros , Titular Bishop of Ressiana and Apostolic Administrator of Timișoara , † June 6, 2003
- February 2, 1949 Alfréd Eröss , Auxiliary Bishop in Alba Iulia, † July 31, 1950
- February 14, 1949 Szilárd Ignác Bogdánffy , auxiliary bishop in Satu Mare and Oradea Mare , † October 2, 1953
- March 6, 1949 Ioan Dragomir , titular bishop of Paleopoli di Pamfilia and auxiliary bishop in Maramureș , † April 25, 1985
- July 28, 1949 Iuliu Hirțea , titular bishop of Nebbi and auxiliary bishop in Oradea Mare, † June 28, 1978
- June 30, 1950 Joseph Schubert , Titular Bishop of Ceramussa and Apostolic Administrator of Bucharest , † April 4, 1969
literature
- Ioan Ploscaru: Lanțuri și Teroare , Editura Signata, Timișoara, 1993, pp. 89-90. ISBN 973-551-028-6 (Romanian).
Web links
- Entry on Gerald Patrick O'Hara on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 28, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Apostolic Succession ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Episcopal ordinations by Mgr. Gerald Patrick O'Hara
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | O'Hara, Gerald Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Hara, Gerald Patrick Aloysius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, Roman Catholic archbishop, diplomat, and apostolic nuncio |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1963 |
| Place of death | Wimbledon |