Joseph O'Callaghan

Joseph O'Callaghan
3rd President of Loyola College in Maryland
In office
1860–1863
Preceded byWilliam Francis Clarke
Succeeded byAnthony F. Ciampi
Personal details
Born(1824-04-18)April 18, 1824
Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 21, 1869(1869-01-21) (aged 44)
Aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean
Alma materCollege of the Holy Cross
Orders
OrdinationJuly 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.