James Joseph O'Brien (born 5 August 1930 in

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, England, 11 April 2007) was a British

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auxiliary bishop in the Archbishopric of Westminster.

Biography

On 12 June 1954 O'Brien received the

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appointed him as auxiliary bishop in the archbishopric of Westminster on 28 June 1977 and as

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of Manaccenser in North Africa.La Manaccenser
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, gave him the bishop's

on 21 September of that year. Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishops in Westminster

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, Victor Guazzelli, Gerald Mahon, Philip James Benedict Harvey, and David Every Konstant. As an auxiliary bishop of Westminster, O'Brien had particular pastoral oversight of the deaneries of Hertfordshire for 28 years, succeeding Bishop Christopher Butler; Bishop Butler remained as an auxiliary until his retirement in 1986, though not in a geographical role. On 30 June 2005

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accepted Bishop O'Brien's age-related resignation. He died on 11 April 2007.

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