Gerald O'Hara


Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara
  • Archbishop (personal title)
  • Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
ChurchCatholic Church
AppointedJune 7, 1954
Term endedJuly 16, 1963
PredecessorWilliam Godfrey
SuccessorIgino Eugenio Cardinale
Other post(s)
  • Titular Archbishop of Pessinus (1959‍–‍1963)
Previous post(s)
Orders
OrdinationApril 3, 1920
by Basilio Pompili
ConsecrationMay 21, 1929
by Dennis Joseph Dougherty
Personal details
Born(1895-05-04)May 4, 1895
DiedJuly 16, 1963(1963-07-16) (aged 68)
London, England
Education
MottoVitam impendere Christo
(To hand over life to Christ)
Styles of
Gerald O'Hara
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous styleThe Late

Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara (May 4, 1895 – July 16, 1963) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (1929–1935), as bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia (1935–1959), as papal regent to Romania (1947–1950), apostolic nuncio to Ireland (1951–1954), and as apostolic delegate to Great Britain (1954–1963).