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BIOGRAPHIES
(Source: History of Peoria County, Illinois -
Chicago - Johnson & Company - 1880
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| RT. REV. PETER J.
O'REILLY was born near Kells, in County Meath, Ireland, April
14, 1852, and was educated in the national schools of his native
land. In 1872 he entered All Hallows College at Dublin,
Ireland, for scientific and theological training and was ordained to
the priesthood June 24, 1877, after which he was assigned as
assistant priest in Champaign, Illinois. In 1878 he was
assigned by Bishop Spalding as assistant at St. Mary's Cathedral,
Peoria, and in 1881 became pastor at Danville, Illinois. In
1893 he was made vicar general and pastor of St. Patrick's church at
Peoria and on the 21st of September, 1900, was consecrated bishop
coadjutor of the diocese of Peoria. |
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