auxiliary bishop of Scranton titular bishop of Thespiae
Martin John O'Connor took which position in Nov 1942?
Martin John OConnor Martin John OConnor ( May 18 , 1900 – December 1 , 1986 ) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church . He served as rector of the Pontifical North American College from 1946–1964 and president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications from 1948–1971 . Early life and education . Martin OConnor was born in Scranton , Pennsylvania , to Martin John and Belinda Catherine ( née Caffrey ) OConnor . His parents died when he was young . He received his early education at James Madison Elementary School , but was later transferred to the districts administration building to attend advanced classes . He entered St . Thomas High School at age 12 , and enrolled at St . Thomas College three years later . He graduated from St . Thomas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1918 . OConnor then began his studies for the priesthood at St . Marys Seminary in Baltimore , Maryland . He continued his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington , D.C . While a student at the Catholic University , he enlisted in the Army after the United States entered World War I . He resumed his studies when the armistice was signed . OConnor was then sent to study at the Pontifical North American College in Rome . He earned a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Urban University in 1925 . Priesthood . On March 15 , 1924 , OConnor was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Scranton at the Basilica of St . John Lateran . Following his return to Scranton , he was assigned as a curate at St . Peters Cathedral , where he served from 1925 to 1927 . He then returned to Rome to further his studies , and earned a doctorate in canon law from the Apollinare University in 1929 . From 1929 to 1935 , he was secretary to Bishop Thomas Charles OReilly and chancellor of the diocese . He served as an associate editor of the diocesan newspaper , Catholic Light , from 1929 to 1932 . From 1934 to 1943 , OConnor was pastor of St . Peters Cathedral . He was named a papal chamberlain in 1931 , and raised to the rank of domestic prelate in 1936 . In addition to his pastoral duties , he became vicar general of the diocese in 1938 . Episcopacy . On November 14 , 1942 , OConnor was appointed auxiliary bishop of Scranton and titular bishop of Thespiae by Pope Pius XII . He received his episcopal consecration on January 27 , 1943 , from Bishop William Joseph Hafey , with Bishops Gerald OHara and George L . Leech serving as co-consecrators , at St . Peters Cathedral . As an auxiliary bishop , he continued to serve as vicar general of the diocese , a post which he held until 1946 . He also served as pastor of St . Marys Church in Wilkes-Barre from 1943 to 1946 . OConnor was named rector of the North American College in Rome on November 26 , 1946 . He would remain in this post until 1964 , and during his tenure the college , which had closed in 1940 when Italy entered World War II , reopened in 1948 and later moved to a new location atop Janiculum Hill . Supposedly , OConnor once said that his mission was to educate others in gracious dining and papal protocol , to which Joe Kennedy responded , Dont be such an ass . He is also believed to have disapproved of Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzis appointment as Apostolic Delegate to the United States . Pius XII , with the establishment of the Curial office of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications , named Bishop OConnor as its first president in January 1948 . He was named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne in 1953 . In November 1954 , he was appointed a counselor of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities . He was raised to Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria on September 5 , 1959 . OConnor attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965 . During the preparatory stages of the Council , he was named to head the press secretariat in June 1960 . As head of the secretariat , he drafted a constitution dealing with the social media of communication , including the press , motion pictures , radio , and television . In September 1963 , in response to complaints by journalists about the lack of news sources , he was appointed to head a new press committee for the second session of the Council . He became the first Nuncio to Malta on December 15 , 1965 . According to his Los Angeles Times obituary , the appointment marked the first time a papal ambassador had been sent to a country in the United Kingdom since the Protestant Reformation 400 years earlier – although technically , Malta was no longer in the United Kingdom after 1964 . OConnor , who resigned his diplomatic post in May 1969 , also resigned his Curial post on September 8 , 1971 , after thirty-three years of service . He returned to the United States in 1980 . OConnor died at Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre , at age 86 .