Thomas Michael O'Leary

Thomas Michael O'Leary (August 16, 1875 – October 10, 1949) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts. Quotes Much of the early history of Manchester is bound up in the records of the Diocese of Portland, of which it formed a part for twenty-nine years. Mass was first celebrated in New Hampshire as early as 1694, but the real history of Catholicity can hardly be said to begin until a century and a quarter later. So few were Catholics at first, that up to 1822 there were not enough families in the entire state to warrant the appointment of even one resident priest. Diocese of Manchester (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia External links Category:1875 births Category:People from New Hampshire Category:Catholics from the United States Category:Clergy from the United States Category:Roman Catholic bishops Category:1949 deaths