John O'Connor (priest)

The Right Reverend Monsignor
John O'Connor
Born(1870-12-05)5 December 1870
Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died6 February 1952(1952-02-06) (aged 81)
Horsforth, Leeds, England
ReligionRoman Catholic Church
Ordained30 March 1895
Congregations served
  • Curate at St Joseph's Church, Bradford
  • Curate at St Marie's Church, Halifax and St Anne's Church, Keighley
  • Parish priest of Heckmondwike
  • Parish priest at St Cuthbert's Church, Bradford

John O'Connor (5 December 1870 – 6 February 1952) was an Irish Catholic parish priest in England who was the basis of G. K. Chesterton's fictional detective Father Brown. O'Connor was instrumental in Chesterton's conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1922. O'Connor also received the poet and painter David Jones into the church in 1921 and was associated with Eric Gill and the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic at Ditchling.

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