Most Reverend James M. O'Gorman | |
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Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Vicariate Apostolic of Nebraska |
See | Titular See of Raphanea |
Appointed | January 28, 1859 |
Installed | May 8, 1859 |
Term ended | July 4, 1874 |
Orders | |
Ordination | December 23, 1843 by Nicholas Foran |
Consecration | May 8, 1859 by Peter Richard Kenrick |
Personal details | |
Born | James Michael Myles O'Gorman October 4, 1804 Cranna, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Died | July 4, 1874 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | (aged 69)
James Myles O'Gorman, O.C.S.O. (October 4, 1804 – July 4, 1874) was an Irish-born bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Nebraska Territory (now known as the Archdiocese of Omaha) from 1859 to 1874.[1]