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Dennis O'Connor (priest)
Denis Thomas O'Connor (26 February 1841 – 30 June 1911) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church. The first member of the Congregation of St. Basil to become a bishop, he served as Diocese of London, Ontario, Bishop of London (1890-1899) and later as the first Canadian-born List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Toronto, Archbishop of Toronto (1899-1908). Early life and education O'Connor was born on 26 February 1841"Canada, Ontario Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYWS-3PK?cc=1927566&wc=M6VR-PTP : 22 April 2021), Northumberland > Cobourg > St Michael > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1837-1842 > image 30 of 46; Catholic Church parishes, Ontario. in Pickering Township, Pickering, Ontario. He was the eldest of three children of Denis O'Connor and Mary O'Leary, who were Irish immigrants from County Cork. His mother died in 1846 and his father remarried, having ten more children. Five o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Reverend
The Most Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures, primarily within the historic denominations of Christianity, but occasionally in some more modern traditions also. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Anglican In the Anglican Communion, the style is applied to archbishops (including those who, for historical reasons, bear an alternative title, such as presiding bishop), rather than the style "The Right Reverend" which is used by other bishops. "The Most Reverend" is used by both primates (the senior archbishop of each independent national or regional church) and metropolitan archbishops (as metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province within a national or regional church). Retired archbishops usually revert to being styled "The Right Reverend", although they may be appointed "archbishop emeritus" by their province on retirement, in which case they retain the title "archbishop" and the style "The Most Reverend", as a courtesy. Archbishop Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |