#BreakingNews California Catholic Bishop David O'Connell Shot and Killed at Age 69 - RIP to the Peacemaker Bishop



The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said it responded around 1 p.m. to the Hacienda Heights neighborhood, where an adult male was pronounced dead at the scene. Los Angeles station KABC confirmed with police that O'Connell had been shot and killed. Bishop O'Connell, was born in Ireland in 1953, was named an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Pope Francis in 2015.

SEE UPDATE: #BreakingNews LA Sheriff Reveals New Details on Suspect in Murder of Catholic Bishop David O’Connell in California - VIDEO

https://www.catholicnewsworld.com/2023/02/breakingnews-la-sheriffs-reveals-new.html
 

SEE ALSO: UPDATE 

Death of Catholic Bishop David O'Connell is being Investigated as a Homicide by Police 

*Please note that the following statement by Archbishop Gomez was written by him before knowing the official cause of Bishop O'Connell's death****
Statement on the Death of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell
Most Reverend José H. Gomez
Archbishop of Los Angeles
February 18, 2023
I am very sad this afternoon to report that our beloved Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell has passed away unexpectedly. It is a shock and I have no words to express my sadness.
As a priest and later a bishop here in Los Angeles for forty-five years, Bishop Dave was a man of deep prayer who had a great love for Our Blessed Mother. He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected.
He was also a good friend, and I will miss him greatly. I know we all will. Please join me in praying for Bishop Dave and for his family in Ireland.  May Our Lady of Guadalupe wrap him in the mantle of her love, and may the angels lead him into paradise, and may he rest in peace.
https://lacatholics.org/statement-from-archbishop-gomez-on-bishop-oconnell/

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