William Patrick O'Connor

William Patrick O'Connor

William Patrick O'Connor (October 18, 1886 - July 13, 1973) was the fifth Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior, in Superior, Wisconsin, and the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/boconwp.html]

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on March 10, 1912, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee. On December 27, 1941, Pope Pius XII appointed O' Connor bishop of the Superior Diocese and he was ordained on March 7, 1942. [http://www.catholicdos.org/index.php?cat=121312060687509] On February 22, 1946, Bishop O' Connor was appointed the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Madison, by Pope Pius XII. [http://www.isthmuscatholic.org/index.cfm?load=page&page=271] [http://www.madisondiocese.org/DioceseofMadison/HistoryStatistics/tabid/228/Default.aspx] On February 18, 1967, Bishop O' Connor retired. He died in Madison, Wisconsin.

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