Jeremiah O'Connor (priest)
Jeremiah O'Connor (April 10, 1841 – February 27, 1891) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who served as the president of Boston College from 1880 to 1884. Born in Dublin, he emigrated to the United States as a boy and eventually studied at Saint Joseph's College. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1860. In his later years, he served in parochial roles in New York City. Early life Jeremiah O'Connor was born on April 10, 1841, in Dublin in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. His father died approximately one month before his birth. He emigrated with his mother to the United States as a boy, settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended a public high school and then enrolled at Saint Joseph's College. On July 30, 1860, O'Connor entered the Society of Jesus, and proceeded to the Jesuit novitiate in Frederick, Maryland. He began his regency at Loyola University in Maryland in 1863, and transferred to Woodstock College upon the opening of the school in September 1869. In 1874, O'Connor was ordained a priest. Boston College In 1876, after completing his studies and tertianship, O'Connor went to Boston College, where he taught rhetoric. In 1878, he