Ronald Gerard Connors
The Most Reverend Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R., D.D. | |
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| Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | San Juan de la Maguana |
| See | San Juan de la Maguana |
| Installed | July 20, 1977 |
| Term ended | February 20, 1991 |
| Predecessor | Tomás Francisco Reilly |
| Successor | José Dolores Grullón Estrella |
| Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Equizetum Coadjutor Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana |
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| Ordination | June 22, 1941 by Stephen Joseph Donahue |
| Consecration | July 20, 1977 by Octavio Beras Rojas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1, 1915 |
| Died | November 27, 2002 (aged 87) |
| Motto | Apacienta mis ovejas |
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Ronald Gerard Connors (November 1, 1915 – November 27, 2002) was an American bishop in the Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana in the Dominican Republic from 1977 to 1991.
Biography
[edit]Connors was born in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He professed religious vows in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, more commonly known as the Redemptorists, and was ordained a priest on June 22, 1941.
Pope Paul VI appointed Connors as Titular Bishop of Equizetum and Coadjutor Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana on April 24, 1976. He was consecrated as a bishop on July 20, 1976,[2] by Cardinal Octavio Beras Rojas, Archbishop of Santo Domingo. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops Tomás Francisco Reilly of San Juan de la Maguana and Edwin Broderick of Albany, New York.[1]
He succeeded to the See of San Juan de la Maguana on July 20, 1977, and served the diocese for a total of 15 years. His resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on February 20, 1991. Connors died at the age of 87 in 2002.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bishop Robert Gerard Connors, C.SS.R." Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ "Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- 1915 births
- 2002 deaths
- Religious leaders from Brooklyn
- Redemptorist bishops
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Dominican Republic
- American Roman Catholic missionaries
- Roman Catholic missionaries in the Dominican Republic
- American expatriates in the Dominican Republic
- Catholics from New York (state)
- Roman Catholic bishops of San Juan de la Maguana