Daniel O'Sullivan

Daniel O'Sullivan (19 March 1846 – 3 February 1928) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and theologian. Personal life and education Daniel O'Sullivan was born on March 19, 1846, in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, the fourth child of Eugene Owen O’Sullivan and Margaret Nolan. He studied theology at the All Hallows Major Seminary in Dublin and was ordained on June 24, 1871, in All Hallows Chapel by Bishop William Whelan, O.C.D., who from 1848 to 1850 was Vicar Apostolic of Bombay. Daniel O'Sullivan died on February 3, 1928, and was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, where a large monument stands in his memory. Priesthood In August 1871, O'Sullivan moved to California. He was pastor of the Saint Joseph Church in Crescent City from 1871 to 1872 and founding pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Smartsville from 1872 to 1878. Dr Hugh Quigley wrote of O'Sullivan in 1878: "He is a gentleman of fine parts, and highly accomplished as a theologian, especially in that department of the sacred science which treats of Rubricks, or ceremonials. No small distinction for a young man."