Archdiocese New York Nationality American Ordination 1 December 1984 Appointed 14 June 2014 | Installed August 4, 2014 Motto JESUS I TRUST IN YOU Consecration 4 August 2014 Spoken style Excellency | |
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Other posts Titular Bishop of Ath Truim Born February 7, 1946 (age 71)
Jersey City, New Jersey ( 1946-02-07 ) Residence St. Agnes' Church, New York City, New York, United States Reference styles Excellency, The Most Reverend | ||
John Joseph O'Hara (born February 7, 1946) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, who currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York.
Biography
O'Hara was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and was educated in Catholic elementary and high schools there. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Seton Hall University. He worked in broadcast journalism for 13 years before entering St. Joseph's Seminary in Dunwoodie. O'Hara was ordained a priest by Cardinal John O'Connor on December 1, 1984. His pastoral assignments included St. Charles parish on Staten Island from 1984 to 1992 and St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus parish, Staten Island, from 1992 to 2012 as both parochial vicar and pastor. O'Hara served as the director of strategic pastoral planning for the archdiocese from 2012 to 2014, where he led the "Making All Things New" parish planning process.
O'Hara was named the Titular Bishop of Ath Truim and Auxiliary Bishop of New York by Pope Francis on June 14, 2014. He was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Timothy Dolan in St. Patrick's Cathedral on August 4, 2014. New York auxiliary bishops Gerald Thomas Walsh and Dominick John Lagonegro were the co-consecratiors. Bishop O'Hara's crosier was used by the late Cardinal Terence Cooke who had served as New York's archbishop.