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  • 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 […]

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