Jeremiah O'Connor SJ (April 10, 1841 – February 27, 1891) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who served as the president of Boston College from 1880 to 1884.

Born in Dublin, he emigrated to the United States as a boy and eventually studied at Saint Joseph's College.

[2] On July 30, 1860, O'Connor entered the Society of Jesus,[3] and proceeded to the Jesuit novitiate in Frederick, Maryland.

He began his regency at Loyola University in Maryland in 1863, and transferred to Woodstock College upon the opening of the school in September 1869.

[6] The provincial superior unexpectedly appointed O'Connor to replace Robert J. Fulton as the president of Boston College on January 11, 1880.