Appointment of bishop of Jefferson City, U.S.A.

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Ralph B. O’Donnell, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, until now parish priest of Saint Margaret Mary in Omaha, as bishop of Jefferson City, United States of America.

Curriculum vitae

Msgr. Ralph Bernard O’Donnell was born on 31 August 1969 in Omaha, in the archdiocese of the same name. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from the Conception Seminary College. He carried out his studies in theology at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary, obtaining a Master of Divinity, and was subsequently awarded a master’s degree in spirituality from Creighton University.

He was ordained a priest on 7 June 1997 for the archdiocese of Omaha.

He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint Mary Our Queen (1997-2001) and Saint Vincent de Paul, Omaha (2001-2003), vocational director (2003-2008), parish priest of Saint Bridget and Saint Rose, Omaha (2008-2011), vice rector of the Conception Seminary College (2011-2015), director of the Secretariat for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations of the Episcopal Conference (2015-2019), and since 2019, parish priest of Saint Margaret Mary, Omaha.