Rev. Philip Joseph O’Connor was born in Ohio, June 2, 1854, and is a son of Philip O’Connor (deceased), who was by occupation a contractor. He attended both parochial and public schools at Ottumwa, Iowa, when a boy; at the age of fourteen, the Salesianum at Milwaukee, and at sixteen entered the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, at Niagara Falls. He was ordained in 1878, and during that year was sent successively to Dubuque, Clinton and Monticello. At the latter place he had charge of a parish for six years, or nearly so, and in February, 1884, he came to Carroll, and has since had charge of the parish of St. Joseph’s Catholic church, which under his care has grown in numbers and influence. He is an able speaker and a hard worker, and the prosperity of his church is a just reward for his arduous labors.

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