Background
O’Hara, Gerald Patrick was born on May 4, 1895 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Patrick James (Doctor ol Dental Surgery) and Margaret (Carney) O’H.
O’Hara, Gerald Patrick was born on May 4, 1895 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Patrick James (Doctor ol Dental Surgery) and Margaret (Carney) O’H.
Student St. Charles Sem.
Ordained priest R.C. Church, 1920. Sec.to Cardinal Dougherty, archbishop of Philadelphia, 1924-1929. Auxiliary bishop Philadelphia, also rector Church of Nativity and vicar general archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1929-1935.
Bishop Savannah, 1935-1937, 56-59, Savannah-Atlanta, 1937-1956. Apostolic regent, Roumanian, 1946-1950. Papal Nuncio, State of Erie, 1951-1954.
Apostolic delegate to England, since 1954. President American Catholic History Society, 1933-1935. Trustee, Catholic U. American, Washington, 1944.