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William O'Shea (bishop)

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Styles of
William Francis O'Shea, M.M.
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

William Francis O'Shea, M.M. (1884–1945) was an American Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Heijo in Korea from 1939 to 1944.[1]

Born in Greenwich Valley of New York City, New York, United States on 9 December 1884, he was ordained a priest for the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America on 5 December 1917.[1] O'Shea was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Heijo and Titular Bishop of Naissus on 11 July 1939.[1] He was consecrated by Pope Pius XII on 29 October 1939, with archbishops Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini and Henri Streicher serving as co-consecrators.[1]

O'Shea resigned on 17 April 1944 and died on 22 February 1945, aged 60.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Bishop William Francis O'Shea, M.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Catholic Church titles
Vacant
Title last held by
John Edward Morris
as Prefect of Peng-yang
Vicar Apostolic of Heijo
1939–1944
Vacant
Title next held by
Francis Hong Yong-ho
New title Titular Bishop of Naissus
1939–1945
Succeeded by