Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/O'Reilly, Peter J.

O'REILLY, PETER J., an American Roman Catholic bishop, born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1853. He was educated in Ireland and was ordained priest in 1877. In the same year he came to America. In 1901 he was consecrated Bishop of Lebedos, Diocese of Peoria.

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