Historical Dictionary

• O’Connor, Michael, First Bishop of Pittsburgh (1843-1860)

  See: Pittsburgh.

• O’Dwyer, Morgan

  Born: Cashel, Ireland, on 22 April 1840 Took the habit: Sicklinghall, on 31 October 1856 Oblation: Sicklinghall, […]

• Oblate Madonna

  On August 15, 1822, Father de Mazenod solemnly blessed a statue of the Immaculate Conception in the […]

• Oblate, Oblation, Oblation Number

  Eugene de Mazenod used the word “oblate” in his first letter to Abbé Tempier on October 9, […]

• Oblates of Mary Immaculate

  From 1818 to 1825, the Congregation bore the name Missionaries of Provence. After the founding in March […]

• Oblates of Saint Charles

  From 1818 to 1825, the Congregation bore the name of Missionaries of Provence. After the founding in […]

• Oblates of the Virgin Mary

  A congregation founded in Carignano (Turin) in 1816. Compelled to disband towards 1820, it was reconstituted at […]

• Odescalchi, Cardinal Carlo

  Carlo Odescalchi was born in Rome on March 5, 1786. Ordained to the priesthood in 1808, he […]

• Odin, Bishop Jean-Marie, of Galveston (1846-1862), Archbishop of New Orleans (1862-1870)

  Jean-Marie Odin was born on February 21, 1801, in Ambierle, Loire, France. He studied in the colleges […]

• Okanagan, Lake, British Colombia, Canada, (1859-1896)

  The mission of the Immaculate Conception is situated in the centre of the eastern shore of Lake […]

• Olivier, Rigomer

  Born: Marigné (Sarthe), France, August 23, 1826. Took the habit: N.-D. de l’Osier, April 22, 1850. Vows: […]

• Olympia

  See: Oregon.

• Oregon, United States (1847-1860)

  Among the different foreign missions of the Congregation accepted by Bishop de Mazenod, Oregon and Algeria did […]

• Orléans: St. Joseph’s Farm at the University of Ottawa (Eastern Canada Province)

  Oblate presence: 1939-1968 Location: Orléans was a city east of Ottawa, but is now an integral part […]

• Ottawa, diocese of, 1844-1861

  December 2, 1841 saw the arrival in Canada of four priests: Jean-Baptiste Honorat, superior, Adrien Telmon, Jean […]

• Ottawa, Saint Joseph’s Parish, 1856 – 2007

  St. Joseph’s Parish was not the oldest parish in Bytown, now Ottawa, the Capital of Canada, nor […]

• Ottawa, Saint Joseph’s Scholasticate

  Saint Joseph’s Scholasticate in Ottawa was the first Oblate scholasticate in the American continent. At the beginning […]

• Ottawa, University

  The College of Bytown At the end of September 1848, at a few paces from the cathedral […]

• Ottawa: Deschâtelets Building (House), 1969-2016 (Province of Eastern Canada)

  Oblate presence: 1969-2016 Geographic Location: Ottawa, Canada’s capital A preliminary note states: “The Provincial Council of the […]

• Ottawa: Deschâtelets Residence (becomes Villeneuve), (Eastern Canada Province)

  Oblate presence: 1967-2006 In 1967, the canonical erection inside the Deschâtelets Building of the Deschâtelets House was […]