The Reverend Father Richard O'Connor

The Reverend Father Richard O'Connor

Portrait photograph of Father O'Connor, Rector of St. Bridget's Church at his death in 1883. Notes on verso reads: "The Reverend Father Richard O'Connor. Born --. Ordained priest, Saturday, June 6, 1846, in Pentecost Week, by the Right Reverend Mathias Loras, D.D., first Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, in St. John's Church, S. 13th St., Philadelphia. Died, Wednesday, January 31, 1883, Rector of St. Bridget's Church, Philadelphia. Buried in the Priests' Vault, St. John's Cemetary, Manayunk, Philadelphia. Father O'Connor was the second permanent resident rector of St. James' Church, West Philadelphia, 1854-1862." Title taken from verso. Photographer unknown.

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