David O’Connell Wiki – Bio
David O’Connell, 69, who had been serving the people of Los Angeles for 45 years, was found dead Saturday afternoon, February 18, in a bedroom with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, according to the researchers. The sheriff’s department stated that detectives were investigating this as a suspicious death, but no further information was provided. LASD Bureau of Homicide Detective Michael Modica said, “We have many more steps we need to take to make a deeper determination of what is going on,” according to the New York Post.
Pope Francis appointed O’Connell, who was born in Ireland in 1953, as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2015. He was ordained in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1979 after studying for the priesthood at All Hallows College in Dublin, according to the Los Angeles Times. Soon after, he served as an associate pastor in various parishes and as a pastor in various parishes in Los Angeles. He chaired the Southern California Interdiocesan Immigration Task Force, which helped coordinate the church’s response to Central American immigrant children and families, according to reports.
Age
David O’Connell was 69 years old.
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Archbishop José H. Gómez reportedly issued a statement on O’Connell’s death. Stating that he “died unexpectedly,” the statement read: “As a priest and then bishop here in Los Angeles for forty-five years, Bishop Dave was a deeply devoted man who had a great love for Our Blessed Mother. He was a peacemaker. with a heart for the poor and immigrants, and had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life were honored and protected.”
He also added that he was a good friend to him and he will be greatly missed. He further added: “I know we all will. Please join me in praying for Bishop Dave and his family in Ireland. May Our Lady of Guadalupe wrap him in the mantle of her love, and may the angels guide him to paradise, and may him rest in peace”, according to ABC7.