Bishops

who are not Ordinaries

Bishops

GermanyBishop Matthais Ob

Born:1521
Died:1572 († 51)

Titular Bishop of Daulis (1566.06.10 – 1572)

Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer (Germany) (1566.06.10 – 1572)

NigeriaBishop Ernest Anaezichukwu Obodo (59)Bishop Ernest Anaezichukwu Obodo (59)

Titular Bishop of Mediana
Apostolic Administrator of Abakaliki (Nigeria)
Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria)

Ego in medio vestrum sum sicut qui ministrat

Born:1966.10.24 (Awha-Imezi, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:2000.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:2018.08.31

Priest of Enugu (Nigeria) (2000.07.22 – 2018.05.25)

Titular Bishop of Mediana (2018.05.25 – ...)

Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria) (2018.05.25 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Abakaliki (Nigeria) (2026.04.12 – ...)

PolandBishop Mikołaj Oborski

Born:1611
Ordained Priest:1636
Consecrated Bishop:1658.08.04
Died:1689.04.16 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Laodicea (1658.03.18 – 1689.04.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1658.03.18 – 1689.04.16)

PolandBishop Tomasz Oborski

Born:1611
Ordained Priest:1636
Consecrated Bishop:1658.08.04
Died:1689.04.16 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Laodicea (1614.09.22 – 1689.04.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1614.09.22 – 1689.04.16)

FranceBishop Claude-Thierry Obré

Born:1806.09.04 (Croissy-Sur-Celle, France)
Ordained Priest:1831.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:1878.01.15
Died:1881.12.14 († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop of Beauvais (France) (1877.12.14 – 1878.02.28)

Titular Bishop of Zoora (1877.12.14 – 1881.12.14)

SpainBishop Sebastián Obregón, O.S.B.

Born: (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1535.05.01
Died:1559.01.08

Titular Bishop of Marocco (1534.12.02 – 1539?)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1534.12.02 – 1559.01.08)

EnglandBishop James Joseph O’Brien

Born:1930.08.05 (London, England)
Ordained Priest:1954.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:1977.09.21
Died:2007.04.11 (St Albans, England † 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (1977.06.28 – 2005.06.30)

Titular Bishop of Manaccenser (1977.06.28 – 2007.04.11)

EnglandBishop Thomas Kevin O’Brien

Born:1923.02.18 (Cork City, Cork, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1948.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:1981.12.08
Died:2004.12.27 (Leeds, England † 81)

Auxiliary Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) (1981.11.09 – 1998.06.25)

Titular Bishop of Ardcarne (1981.11.09 – 2004.12.27)

USAArchbishop William David O’Brien

Born:1878.08.03 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:1903.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:1934.04.25
Died:1962.02.19 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Calynda (1934.02.10 – 1953.11.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (1934.02.10 – 1962.02.19)

Titular Archbishop of Calynda (1953.11.18 – 1962.02.19)

EnglandArchbishop Henry O’Callaghan

Born:1827.03.29 (London, England)
Ordained Priest:1851.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:1888.01.18
Died:1904.10.10 (Firenze, Italy † 77)

Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England) (1887.10.01 – 1889.09.19)

Titular Archbishop of Nicosia (1889.10.01 – 1904.10.10)

Bishop Francisco Ocampo, O.S.

Consecrated Bishop:1660.10.03
Died:1684?

Titular Bishop of Amyclae (1660.06.21 – 1684?)

Trinidad and TobagoArchbishop William Dominic O’Carroll, O.P.

Born:1826.03.26 (Limerick, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1848.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:1874.05.24
Died:1880.10.13 († 54)

Titular Archbishop of Alabanda (1874.02.03 – 1880.10.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (1874.02.03 – 1880.10.13)

IrelandBishop Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M.

Dia ár misneach

Born:1933.08.18 (Lios Uí Chathasaigh, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1961.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:1994.09.17
Died:2018.07.29 (Dublin, Ireland † 84)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1994.06.07 – 2009.09.17)

Titular Bishop of Tre Taverne (1994.06.07 – 2018.07.29)

USABishop David Gerard O’Connell

Jesus I trust in you

Born:1953.08.16 (Cork, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1979.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:2015.09.08
Died:2023.02.18 (Hacienda Heights, CA, USA † 69)

Priest of Los Angeles (USA) (1979.06.10 – 2015.07.21)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1999.11.30 – 2015.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille (2015.07.21 – 2023.02.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (2015.07.21 – 2023.02.18)

Murdered by gunshot.

USAArchbishop Denis Joseph O’Connell

Et juste et vray

Born:1849.01.28 (Donoughmore, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1877.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:1908.05.03
Died:1927.01.01 (Richmond, VA, USA † 77)

Priest of Richmond (USA) (1877.05.26 – 1907.12.16)

Rector of Pontifical North American College (1885 – 1895)

Titular Bishop of Sebaste (1907.12.16 – 1912.01.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1907.12.16 – 1912.01.19)

Bishop of Richmond (USA) (1912.01.19 – 1926.01.15)

Titular Archbishop of Mariamme (1926.01.15 – 1927.01.01)

AustraliaBishop Joseph Peter O’Connell

Born:1931.12.10 (North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1957.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:1976.03.31
Died:2013.04.27 († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1976.01.24 – 2006.12.11)

Titular Bishop of Saint German’s (1976.01.24 – 2013.04.27)

EnglandBishop Kevin O’Connor

Born:1929.05.20 (Liverpool, England)
Ordained Priest:1954.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:1979.07.03
Died:1993.05.05 (Fleetwood, England † 63)

Titular Bishop of Glastonbury (1979.05.28 – 1993.05.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England) (1979.05.28 – 1993.05.05)

USAArchbishop Martin John O’Connor

Born:1900.05.18 (Scranton, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1924.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:1943.01.27
Died:1986.12.01 (Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA † 86)

Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1942.11.14 – 1946.11.26)

Titular Bishop of Thespiæ (1942.11.14 – 1959.09.05)

Rector of Pontifical North American College (1946.11.26 – 1964)

President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications (1948.01.30 – 1971.09.08)

Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria (1959.09.05 – 1986.12.01)

Apostolic Nuncio to Malta (1965.12.15 – 1969.05)

ItalyBishop Laurentius Odorisi

Born:1674.08
Ordained Priest:1697.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1747.12.21

Titular Bishop of Tempe (1747.12.18 – ?)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy) (1747.12.18 – ?)

USABishop James Thomas O’Dowd

Born:1907.08.04 (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1932.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:1948.06.29
Died:1950.02.05 (Suisun, CA, USA † 42)

Titular Bishop of Cea (1948.05.22 – 1950.02.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1948.05.22 – 1950.02.05)

KenyaBishop Vincent Ouma Odundo (47)Bishop Vincent Ouma Odundo (47)

Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli
Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

Born:1978.06.01 (Kisumu, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:2008.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:2026.02.27

Priest of Kisumu (Kenya) (2008.02.20 – 2025.12.14)

Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli (2025.12.14 – ...)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (2025.12.14 – ...)

BelarusBishop Cyprian Odyniec, S.J.

Born:1749.09.13 (Grodno, Belarus)
Consecrated Bishop:1798.09.04
Died:1811.07.28 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Regius (1798.08.26 – 1811.07.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev (Belarus) (1798.11.17 – 1811.07.28)

PolandBishop Adam Odzimek

Ne deficiant fides caritasque

Born:1944.10.07 (Radom, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1969.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:1985.05.12
Died:2022.03.13 (Radom, Poland † 77)

Priest of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland) (1969.05.31 – 1985.04.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland) (1985.04.03 – 1992.03.25)

Titular Bishop of Tadamata (1985.04.03 – 2022.03.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2019.10.07)

GermanyBishop Ferdinand Oesterhoff, O. Cist.

Born:1672.10.30 (Münster, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1699.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1724.04.02
Died:1748.10.22 († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1723.12.20 – 1746.01.20)

Titular Bishop of Agathonice (1723.12.20 – 1748.10.22)

SpainSaint Bishop Isidore of Antioch (Siridion)

Died:IV century? (Zaragoza, Spain)

Bishop.

TurkiyeSaint Bishop Stephen of Antioch

Died:479 🩸 (Antioch, Turkiye)
Feast:04.25

Bishop. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Bishop Crescente of Byzantium

Died:470? (Turkiye)
Feast:11.28

Bishop.

ItalyBishop Nicolò Offeri

Apostolic Administrator of Boiano (Italy) (1413.03.13 – 1423)

GermanySaint Bishop Suitbert of Kaiserswerth

Born: (Northumbria, England)
Consecrated Bishop:693
Died:713.03.01 (Kaiserswerth, Germany)
Feast:03.01

Bishop.

IrelandSaint Bishop Mainchín of Limerick (Munchin)

Died:VI century (Ireland)
Feast:01.02

Bishop.

FranceSaint Bishop Ronan of Locronan

Born: (Ireland)
Died:VI century? (Locronan, France)
Feast:06.01

Bishop.

Isle of ManSaint Bishop Mawgan of Man

Born: (Ireland)
Died:498? (Isle of Man)
Feast:04.27

Bishop.

IraqSaint Bishop Heliodorus of Mesopotamia

Born: (Iraq)
Died:355 🩸 (Iraq)

Bishop. Martyr.

ScotlandSaint Bishop Moloc of Mortlach (Luan)

Born: (Scotland)
Died:572? (Rossmarkie, Scotland)

Bishop.

ItalySaint Bishop Stephen of Nicaea

Born: (Nicaea, Turkiye)
Died:I century 🩸 (Reggio Calabria, Italy)
Feast:07.05

Bishop. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Bishop Quinctilis of Nicomedia

Died:III century? 🩸 (Nicomedia, Turkiye)

Bishop. Martyr.

CyprusSaint Bishop Trifillius of Nicosia

Died:344? (Cyprus)
Feast:06.13

Bishop.

AlgeriaSaint Bishop Marculus of Numidia

Died:347 🩸 (Numidia, Algeria)
Feast:11.25

Bishop. Martyr.

North MacedoniaSaint Bishop Clement of Ohrid

Born:830?
Died:916 (Ohrid, North Macedonia † 86)
Feast:07.27

Bishop.

SpainSaint Bishop Sacerdos of Saguntum (Serdon)

Died:560? (Murviedro, Spain)

Bishop.

TurkiyeSaint Bishop Polycarp of Smyrna

Born:69 (Smyrna, Turkiye)
Died:156 🩸 (Smyrna, Turkiye † 87)
Feast:02.23

Bishop. Martyr.

ItalySaint Bishop Felix of Spello

Died:300? 🩸 (Spello, Italy)

Bishop. Martyr.

EgyptSaint Bishop Paphnutius of Thebes

Died:330? (Egypt)
Feast:09.11

Bishop.

CyprusSaint Bishop Spyridon of Trimitonte (Spiridione)

Born:270?
Died:348.12.12 (Cyprus † 77)
Feast:12.12

Bishop.

NetherlandsSaint Bishop Benignus of Utrecht

Died:VI century (Netherlands)

Bishop.

ScotlandSaint Bishop Ninian of Whithorn

Born:360? (Scotland)
Died:432.09.16 (Whithorn, Scotland † 71)
Feast:09.16

Bishop.

USAArchbishop Edwin Vincent O’Hara

Sinite parvulos venire

Born:1881.09.06 (Lanesboro, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:1905.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:1930.10.28
Died:1956.09.11 (Milano, Italy † 75)

Bishop of Great Falls (USA) (1930.08.06 – 1939.04.15)

Bishop of Kansas City (USA) (1939.04.15 – 1956.07.02)

Archbishop ad personam (1954.06.29 – 1956.09.11)

Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) (1956.07.02 – 1956.09.11)

USABishop John Joseph O’Hara (80)Bishop John Joseph O’Hara (80)

Titular Bishop of Ath Truim
Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA)

Jesus I trust in you

Born:1946.02.07 (Jersey City, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:1984.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:2014.08.04

Priest of New York (USA) (1984.12.01 – 2014.06.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (2014.06.14 – 2021.04.07)

Titular Bishop of Ath Truim (2014.06.14 – ...)

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