In the year since Bishop David O’Connell was shot and killed, his work lives on in efforts to offer kindness to immigrants and find ways to ease division in society.
The Funeral Mass begins for Bishop David O’Connell at Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, CA Friday, March 3, 2023. O’Connell was found shot at his Hacienda Heights home on February 18. The suspect in the shooting, 61-year-old Carlos Medina, has been charged with the murder. A priest kisses Bishop David O’Connell during a public viewing at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on Thursday evening, March 2, 2023.
O’Connell, a beloved leader within the L.A. Roman Catholic diocese and beyond, loved that song. And many who knew him knew it., O’Connell, the charismatic former episcopal vicar for the L.A. Archdiocese’ San Gabriel Pastoral Region, has been anything but forgotten. In the days ahead, local Roman Catholic churches from Long Beach to L.A. and in the San Gabriel Valley will remember him.
A photo of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell is surrounded by candles and flowers at his home in Hacienda Heights, CA on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. One man has been charged in the bishop’s murder. “As an immigrant himself, Bishop Dave understood what it meant to have an immigrant journey,” he said. “He also understood the flip side of the coin: To welcome the stranger. To recognize the face of Jesus in every person we encounter, no matter where they are in their journey.”Isaac Quevas, director of immigration affairs for the L.A. Archdiocese at the San Gabriel Mission in San Gabriel, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
Ultimately, O’Connell’s goal, much like those he inspired, was for seeking a path to legalization and holding legislators accountable for fixing a broken immigration system. But Cuevas noted that on a whole other level, it was just about making sure “these individuals are being welcomed in a way Bishop Dave would have welcomed them.”A year after the shooting, Msgr. Jarlath “Jay” Cunnane, pastor of St.
Monsignor Jarlath Cunnane delivers the homily for his long-time friend, Bishop David O’Connell, at the Funeral Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, CA, Friday, March 3, 2023. O’Connell was found shot at his Hacienda Heights home on February 18. The suspect in the shooting, 61-year-old Carlos Medina, has been charged with the murder.
“We always think about him — it’s really because of that we’re here,” said Nicole Tobuin. “He’s been such a father figure in our lives, and was really a champion of the laity.”The pastoral region that O’Connell administered is one of five in the L.A. Archdiocese. The San Gabriel Pastoral Region includes East L.A., San Gabriel and Pomona valleys, with 66 parishes, 14 high schools and Mission San Gabriel Archangel — the first church founded in the Archdiocese in 1771.
Brian Nunes, the new Bishop for the L.A. Archdiocese San Gabriel Valley region, talks with nuns after his first Mass in the region, at the San Gabriel Mission on Nov. 4, 2023 in San Gabriel, CA.
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