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Bernard Cornelius O'Riley

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Bernard Cornelius O'Riley
Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District
Church Catholic Church
See Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Western District
In office 15 July 1925 – 6 June 1932
Predecessor John Rooney
Successor Franziskus Hennemann
Other post Titular Bishop of Phoba (1925-1956)
Orders
Ordination 1 November 1890
Consecration 6 January 1926
by Hugh McSherry
Personal details
Born 10 February 1868
Cape Town, Cape Colony, British Empire
Died 28 July 1956 (aged 88)

Bernard Cornelius O'Riley (10 February 1868 in Cape Town, Cape Colony; 28 July 1956) was a South African Roman Catholic priest and Apostolic Vicar of the Western Cape of Good Hope.[1][2]

Life

Bernard Cornelius O'Riley was ordained priest on 1 November 1890 for the Apostolic Vicariate of the Western Cape of Good Hope.[1][2]

On 15 July 1925, Pope Pius XI appointed him Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis and Apostolic Vicar of the Western Cape of Good Hope. The Apostolic Vicar of the Eastern Cape of Good Hope, Hugh McSherry, consecrated him Episcopalian on 6 January 1926 in St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Town; co-consecrators were the Apostolic Vicar of Natal, Henri Delalle OMI, and the Apostolic Vicar of Transvaal, David O'Leary OMI.[1][2]

On June 6, 1932, Pope Pius XI accepted the resignation of Bernard Cornelius O'Riley.[1][2]

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