Joseph O'Callaghan | |
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3rd President of Loyola College in Maryland | |
In office 1860–1863 | |
Preceded by | William Francis Clarke |
Succeeded by | Anthony F. Ciampi |
Personal details | |
Born | Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S. | April 18, 1824
Died | January 21, 1869 Aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean | (aged 44)
Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross |
Orders | |
Ordination | July 25, 1857 |
Joseph O'Callaghan SJ (April 18, 1824 – January 21, 1869) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born in Massachusetts, he studied in Canada and then at the College of the Holy Cross before entering the Society of Jesus in 1844. O'Callaghan taught at Georgetown University before becoming the president of Loyola College in Maryland in 1860, where he remained for three years. In 1869, he was sent to Rome to represent the Jesuit Province of Maryland at the congregation of procurators; he died at sea while returning from the congregation.