Background
O'Connell, David M. was born on April 21, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
O'Connell, David M. was born on April 21, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
BPh magna cum laude, Niagara University, 1978. Master of Theology, Mary Immaculate Seminary, 1981. DivM, Mary Immaculate Seminary, 1983.
Doctor of Philosophy in Canon Law, Catholic University, 1987. Licentiate in Canon Law, Catholic University America, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Franciscan University Steubenville.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), St. Thomas Aquinas College. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), St. Charles Seminary. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), St. John's University.
Ordained priest Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians), 1982. Religion teacher, director student activities Archbishop Wood High School for Boys, Warminster, Pennsylvania. Registrar, assistant academy dean, assistant professor philosophy, homiletics and canon law Mary Immaculate Seminary, Northampton, 1987—1990.
Professor theology St. John's University, Jamaica, New York, 1990—1998, academy dean, dean faculty College Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1991—1998, associate vice president, 1996—1998. Interim academy vice president Niagara University, 1994—1995. President Catholic University American, Washington, 1998—2010, John Joseph Keane University professor, 2006—2010.
Ordained bishop, 2010. Coadjutor bishop Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, 2010, bishop, since 2010. Canonical consultant and ecclesiastical judge on the tribunals Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Co-host, commentator during papal visit to the United States Columbia Broadcasting System-television, 1995. Trustee Consortium Universities Washington Metropolitan Area. Consultant Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, since 2005.
Trustee Catholic University American, St. John's University, Archbishop John Carroll High School, Washington, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Active Greater Washington Board Trade. Member advisory board University St.Thomas, St. Paul.
Member of Association Catholic Colleges and Universities, Eastern Regional Canon Lawyers Association, Canon Law Society of America.