Peter Joseph O'Reilly

Most Reverend Peter J. O'Reilly
Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria
Church	Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Lebedus
Appointed	January 5, 1968
In office	September 21, 1900 - December 16, 1923
Orders
Ordination	June 24, 1877
Consecration	September 21, 1900 by Sebastiano Martinelli
Personal details
Born	April 14, 1850 Moynalty, County Meath, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died	December 16, 1923(1923-12-16) (aged 73) Peoria, Illinois

Peter Joseph O'Reilly (April 14, 1850 – December 16, 1923) was an Irish-born bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Peoria from 1900-1923.

Biography

Born in the village of Moynalty in County Meath of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Peter O'Reilly was ordained a priest on June 24, 1877. On July 3, 1900 Pope Pius X appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Lebedus and Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria. He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.S.A., the Apostolic Delegate to the United States, on September 21, 1900. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops Henry Cosgrove of Davenport and James Ryan of Alton. O'Reilly continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his death on December 16, 1923 at the age of 73.^[1]^[2]

↑ "Bishop Peter Joseph O'Reilly". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
↑ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-05.

Diocese of Peoria

Bishops	Ordinaries John Lancaster Spalding Edmund Michael Dunne Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman William Edward Cousins John Baptist Franz Edward William O'Rourke John J. Myers Daniel R. Jenky Auxiliary Peter Joseph O'Reilly

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria Parishes Holy Trinity Church, Bloomington Shrine Queen of the Holy Rosary Memorial Shrine

Education	Newman Centers St. John's Catholic Newman Center, Champaign High Schools Alleman High School, Rock Island Central Catholic High School, Bloomington Marquette High School, Ottawa Notre Dame High School, Peoria St. Bede Academy, Peru St. Thomas More High School, Champaign Schlarman Academy, Danville Former High Schools Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute, Peoria Bergan High School, Peoria Villa de Chantal, Rock Island

Priests	Gerald Thomas Bergan James Ryan John George Alleman Fulton J. Sheen

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