Background
O'Brien, Joseph Lewis was born on September 28, 1929 in Toledo. Son of Joseph Lewis and Mary Elizabeth (Daley) O'B.
O'Brien, Joseph Lewis was born on September 28, 1929 in Toledo. Son of Joseph Lewis and Mary Elizabeth (Daley) O'B.
Bachelor, University Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1951.
Associate pastor, St. Joseph Church, Maumee, Ohio., 1955-1962; associate pastor, St. Francis de Sales Church, Toledo, 1962-1968; pastor, St. Thomas More U. Parish, Bowling Green, Ohio., 1968-1970; pastor, Our Lady Mount Carmel parish, Bono, Ohio., 1970-1972; pastor, Immaculate Conception Parish, Toledo, 1972-1979; pastor, St. Charles Parish, Toledo, 1979-1982; pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Grand Rapids, Ohio., since 1982. Diocesan director Cursillos in Christianity, Toledo, 1964-1969, Papal Volumes, Toledo, 1964-1972, Evangelization, Toledo, 1978-1985. Diocesan delegate public policy committee Ohio Council Churches, Columbus, 1978-1983.
Director aging project Volunteers in Service to America, Toledo, 1975-1979. Director FACT Neighborhood Organization, Toledo, 1975-1979. Member Human Rights Commission, Toledo, since 1991.
Member National Federation Priests' Councils (board directors, representative Cincinnati province 1988-1991), Toledo Priests' Council (chair social action committee 1982-1986), Knights of Columbus.