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William O'Shea (bishop)

William O'Shea (bishop)

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William Francis O'Shea, M.M. (1884–1945) was an American Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Heijo in Korea from 1939 to 1944.[1]

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Born in Greenwich Valley of New York City, New York, United States on 9 December 1884, he was ordained a priest for the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America on 5 December 1917.[1] O'Shea was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Heijo and Titular Bishop of Naissus on 11 July 1939.[1] He was consecrated by Pope Pius XII on 29 October 1939, with archbishops Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini and Henri Streicher serving as co-consecrators.[1]

O'Shea resigned on 17 April 1944 and died on 22 February 1945, aged 60.[1]

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    "Bishop William Francis O'Shea, M.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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