Charles Joseph O'Reilly was a Canadian

Canada

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-born Roman Catholic

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 clergyman.

He was born in St. John

Saint John, New Brunswick

City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...

, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, and received his education at St. Joseph's College, Memramcook

Memramcook, New Brunswick

Memramcook is a Canadian village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language....

, and the Grand Seminary

Grand séminaire de Montréal

The Grand séminaire de Montréal is the sacerdotal school of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal. The institution was founded by the sulpicians in 1840 on the demands of Ignace Bourget. A branch of Université Laval's faculty of theology was installed in the seminar in 1878...

, Montreal

Montreal

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. He was ordained

Holy Orders

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 to the priesthood

Priesthood (Catholic Church)

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 at Portland

Portland, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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, on June 29, 1890. He was then named to the mission

Mission (Christian)

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 of Oswego

Lake Oswego, Oregon

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 and Tegardville

Tigard, Oregon

Tigard is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The population was 48,035 at the 2010 census. As of 2007, Tigard was the state's 12th largest city. Incorporated in 1961, the city is located south of Beaverton and north of Tualatin, and is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

, and was made rector

Rector

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 of the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Portland, in February 1894.

On June 25, 1903, O'Reilly was appointed the first Bishop

Ordinary

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 of the newly-erected Diocese of Baker City

Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker

The Diocese of Baker is a territorial division, or diocese, of the Roman Catholic Church in Eastern Oregon, United States...

 by Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...

. He received his episcopal

Bishop (Catholic Church)

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 consecration

Consecration

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 on the following August 25 from Archbishop Alexander Christie

Alexander Christie (bishop)

Alexander Christie was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Vancouver Island and Archbishop of Oregon City ....

, with Bishops Alphonse Joseph Glorieux

Alphonse Joseph Glorieux

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 and Edward John O'Dea

Edward John O'Dea

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 serving as co-consecrators

Consecrator

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. He was named the third Bishop of Lincoln

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln

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, Nebraska

Nebraska

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, on March 20, 1918.

O'Reilly died at age 63.