Edwin Vincent O'Hara
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Edwin Vincent O'Hara (September 6, 1881 – September 11, 1956) was an American
Biography
Early life
Edwin O'Hara was born in
Priesthood
O'Hara was ordained to the priesthood on June 9, 1905, for the Diocese of Oregon City by Archbishop John Ireland.[2] O'Hara began teaching Scripture and apologetics at St. Mary's Academy in Portland, Oregon. In 1907, he founded the Catholic Education Association of Oregon, and served as the superintendent of schools for the diocese. He formed the Dante Club at the Portland Public Library, where he gave lectures on history and the classics. In the face of considerable anti-Catholic bias, O'Hara sought to make Catholicism more visible in order to dispel inaccurate notions of what Catholics believe.[1]
In 1910 O'Hara came down with bronchitis. Ordered by Archbishop Alexander Christie to take a rest, he traveled to Europe for six weeks with his sister Anna. Upon his return, he spent a semester taking classes at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He returned to Portland in 1911.[1]
Influenced by the views of Archbishop Ireland and Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum novarum, O'Hara began to look into the living conditions of factory workers in Portland. Based on his research, O'Hara published a book which he then sent to public officials and newspapers. In 1913 Oregon past a minimum wage law. O'Hara was named chairman of the newly established Industrial Welfare Commission, which included both labor and management. The law was subsequently challenged but upheld by both the Oregon Supreme Court, and on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Stettler v. O'Hara.[2]
O'Hara served as a
Bishop of Great Falls
On August 6, 1930, O'Hara was appointed the second bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls by
Bishop of Kansas City
O'Hara was later named
O'Hara was considered to be theologically liberal, particularly in the fields of liturgy and social justice. A proponent of Catholic Action, he encouraged lay involvement and appointed laypeople to several top diocesan positions. Some believed he went too far in his promotion of the laity, leading even his own chancellor to resign in disapproval.[7] O'Hara also led the effort to revise the Bible in simpler terms.[8] On June 29, 1954, he was granted the personal title of archbishop.
Archbishop O'Hara died in Milan, Italy,[9] shortly after his 75th birthday. He is buried in Kansas City.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9780814662366
- ^ a b Hollingsworth, Gerelyn (September 6, 2011). "On this day: Edwin Vincent O'Hara". National Catholic Reporter.
- ^ a b "The Busy Bishop". Time. September 26, 1949.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Catholics for Labor". Time. June 2, 1941.
- ^ Dawkins, Richard (2006). The God Delusion. Mariner Books.
- ^ "Extreme Makeover: The Diocese" Archived September 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. National Catholic Reporter. May 12, 2006.
- ^ "New New Testament". Time. May 12, 1941.
- ^ "Milestones". Time. September 24, 1956.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0-8132-1949-3.
External links
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