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About
John Francis Cardinal O’Hara
ishop
O’Hara was one of eight children.
He was born in 1888 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
When his father was named American Consul to Uruguay, young John
went with him to Montevideo.
While only seventeen, he became a private secretary to the U.S.
Minister in that republic.
At eighteen, he was making market surveys for the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Service.
Even while thus working, the future Bishop found time to attend
the Jesuit University in Montevideo.
Upon his return to the States, John Francis went to the
University of Notre Dame and was graduated in 1911.
Having graduated, he entered the seminary of the Holy Cross
Fathers and after five years of intensive study of the Sacred Sciences,
was ordained to the Holy Priesthood in 1916. |
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One
year later, he returned to Notre Dame.
There, he held such posts as Instructor of Religion, Dean of the
College of Commerce and Vice-President.
In 1934, he was elected President and served in that capacity
until 1939 when he was consecrated bishop.
He served as Bishop of Buffalo from 1945 to 1952.
His long years as an educator at one of the greatest universities
in the country prepared him to meet the pressing problems of Catholic
education. His dream and greatest accomplishment was to establish a
Diocesan Catholic High School system, opening 23 schools over time in
the Diocese of Buffalo. Forty
years ago, his mission was memorialized in a special way with the
opening of Cardinal O'Hara High School.
In
1952 he was named Archbishop of Philadelphia and in 1958 was named
Cardinal by Pope John XXIII. John
Francis O'Hara died in 1960 and is buried on the campus of Notre Dame
University. |
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