William Aloysius O'Connor

William Aloysius O'Connor (December 27, 1903 – November 14, 1983) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] On December 17, 1948, O'Connor was appointed the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois by Pope Pius XII.

[2] He received his episcopal consecration on March 7, 1949, from Cardinal Samuel Stritch, with Bishops John Boylan and Albert Zuroweste serving as co-consecrators.

[3] O'Connor attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965, and was a member of the administrative board of the United States Catholic Conference and Department of Health Affairs from 1969 to 1972.

[2] William O'Connor died after suffering a cardiac arrest at St. John's Hospital in Springfield on November 14, 1983, at age 79.