Patrick Edward O'Connor

Patrick Edward O'Connor
Patrick Edward O'Connor
Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia
Diocese	Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau
Installed	26 June 1992
Term ended	6 May 2011
Predecessor	New Creation
Successor	Rev. Oliver P. Aro, MSP
Previous post(s)	Parish priest in Tokelau (1987-1992)
Orders
Ordination	16 July 1957
Rank	Monsignor
Personal details
Born	8 March 1932; Masterton, New Zealand
Died	3 December 2014 (aged 82); Silverstream, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealandese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Holy Cross college in Mosgiel

Monsignor Patrick Edward O'Connor (8 March 1932 − 3 December 2014) was a Roman Catholic priest who served as the Ecclesiastical Superior of the Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau from 1992 to 2011.^[1]

Life

O'Connor was born in Masterton, New Zealand. was educated at the local St Patrick's primary school and St Joseph's [now Chanel] College in Masterton. Then he studied for the priesthood at Holy Cross College in Mosgiel. He was ordained for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington in 1957 and served in a number of parishes in the Wellington Archdiocese.^[2]

^ "Father Patrick Edward O'Connor". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ "Pat O'Connor RIP – parish priest of Tokelau 1987-2011". CathNews New Zealand. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by New Creation	Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau 1992-2011	Succeeded by Rev. Oliver P. Aro, MSP

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