Edwin Frederick O'Brien
Edwin Frederick O'Brien Cardinal OESSH ( born April 8, 1939 in New York) is an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is a Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem.
Life
Education and employment
Edwin O'Brien was born in the Bronx, where he attended several schools in Catholic-run. After leaving school he studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Archbishop's Seminary of St. Joseph in Dunwoodie ( Yonkers ). On 29 May 1965 he received by Francis Cardinal Spellman, the sacrament of Holy Orders.
Subsequently, he was chaplain to the Most Holy Trinity Parish and civil chaplain of the United States Military Academy at West Point. From 1970 to 1973 he was a military chaplain of the U.S. Army in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in North Carolina ( 1970-71 ), with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 1st U.S. Cavalry Division in Vietnam ( 1970-71 ) and at Fort Gordon in Georgia ( 1972-73 ); His last rank was Captain.
After this time, he was exempted for studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome and his doctorate in 1976 in the field of moral theology at the Pontifical University "St. Thomas Aquinas " with a dissertation on " The Origin and Development of Moral Principles in the Writings of Paul Ramsey " ( " Origin and development of the moral principles in Paul Ramsey ").
In 1976 he was chaplain at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York and Vice-Chancellor of the Archdiocese. In 1981, he was appointed Diocesan Director of Social Communications, and was the personal secretary of Cardinal Terence Cooke, New York's archbishop since 1983. At the same time he took on the task of the pastor of the Catholic Archdiocese of physicians. In 1983 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II Monsignor.
Edwin O'Brien was rain (Rector ) of the Archbishop's Seminary Saint Joseph in Dunwoodie in Yonkers, New York ( 1985-89; 1994-97 ) and rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome ( 1990-94 )
Auxiliary Bishop of New York and Archbishop Military USA
On February 6, 1996, Pope John Paul II appointed titular bishop of Thizica and appointed him as Auxiliary Bishop of New York. The episcopal ordination on 25 March 1996 gave him the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor; Co-consecrators were Patrick Sheridan, Auxiliary Bishop of New York, and John Gavin Nolan, American Military Bishop. His motto is: Pastores Dabo Vobis ( " I will give you shepherds " ) and comes from the book of Jeremiah ( Jer 3,15 EU).
Just one year later, on 7 April 1997, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the United States military and raised Titular Archbishop of Thizica. On August 12 of that year he was eventually Military archbishop of the United States of America. 2006 O'Brien was a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education.
Archbishop of Baltimore
Pope Benedict XVI. O'Brien convened on 12 July 2007 as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The solemn inauguration Archbishop Pietro Sambi by the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, took place on 1 October of the same year. On June 29, 2008 ( Peter and Paul ), he received the pallium in Rome.
Cardinal Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem
29 August 2011, he was named Benedict XVI. Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem. For the full title "Grandmaster " was O'Brien on March 15, 2012. Kollarritter He is of the Order ( KCollHS ).
In solemn consistory of February 18, 2012 it took Benedict XVI. as cardinal deacon with the title San Sebastiano al Palatino diakonia in the College of Cardinals.
Honors
- Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters of John Cabot University ( 2013)
- Honorary Doctorate of Law from St. John's University (New York) ( 2013)
Writings
- The origin and development of moral principles in the writings of Paul Ramsey. Angelicum, 1978. (Dissertation)
- The Commandments We Keep: A Catholic Guide to Living a Moral Life ( Pillars of Faith ). Ave Maria Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59471-261-6. (together with Peter Vaghi )