David G. O'Connell

David Gerard O'Connell KC*HS (16 ga Yuli, 1953 - 18 ga Fabrairu, 2023) wani babban malamin cocin Katolika ne wanda aka haifa a ƙasar Ireland, wanda ya kasance bishop na mataimakin Archdiocese na Los Angeles da ke California daga 2015 har zuwa kisan gillar da aka yi masa a 2023. Ya yi aiki a yankin Los Angeles tsawon rayuwarsa a matsayin firist.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi David O'Connell a Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland, a ranar 16 ga Yuli, 1953, ɗan David da Joan O'Connell.   Ya sami digirin farko a fannin falsafa da adabin Turanci a Kwalejin Jami'a Dublin a shekarar 1975 da kuma digirin farko na Allahntaka daga Kwalejin Maynooth a shekarar 1977.  Ya kammala karatunsa na firistoci a Kwalejin All Hallows da ke Dublin.  Cardinal Timothy Manning na Los Angeles ne ya naɗa shi diakoni. 

### Firist
An naɗa O'Connell's firist a Archdiocese of Los Angeles a ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1979, a All Hallows ta hannun Bishop John Scanlan.  Bayan naɗinsa, O'Connell ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin fasto a coci uku a Kudancin California : St. Raymond a Downey daga 1979 zuwa 1983, St. Maria Goretti a Long Beach a 1983-84, da St. Hillary a Pico Rivera daga 1984 zuwa 1988. A 1987, yayin da yake hidima a Los Angeles, ya sami digiri na biyu na Ruhaniya daga Kwalejin Mount St. Mary .  

Daga baya O'Connell ya yi aiki a matsayin fasto a cocin Los Angeles guda huɗu: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini da Ascension Parish daga 1988 zuwa 2003, Ascension Catholic, St. Eugene daga 2004 zuwa 2006, da St. Michael daga 2003 zuwa 2015. 

A matakin archdiocesan, O'Connell ya kuma yi aiki na tsawon lokaci daban-daban a matsayin diakoni na diocese da kuma memba na Majalisar Firistoci.  Ya kuma kasance memba na Hukumar Fansho ta Firist, Hukumar Together in Mission, da Majalisar Kuɗi ta Archdiocesan. Ya kasance Knight of Peter Claver . 

## Bishop na Mataimakin Los Angeles
Paparoma Francis ya naɗa bishop na O'Connell mai suna bishop na Cell Ausaille kuma a matsayin bishop na mataimakin Los Angeles a ranar 21 ga Yuli, 2015.   Archbishop José Gómez ya tsarkake shi a ranar 8 ga Satumba, 2015.  A wannan lokacin, Gómez ya naɗa O'Connell a matsayin babban limamin cocin Katolika na Yankin Kiwo na San Gabriel na babban limamin cocin.  An naɗa shi a matsayin Babban Jami'in Knight a cikin Dokar Dawakai ta Holy Sepulchre ta Urushalima a watan Satumba na 2022.

## Mutuwa da gado
O'Connell ya mutu sakamakon raunukan harbin bindiga a gidansa da ke Hacienda Heights a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, 2023.   

A watan Maris na 2023, Gómez ya jagoranci jana'izar O'Connell a Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels da ke Los Angeles. Jana'izar ta jawo hankalin dubban mahalarta.  Monsignor Jarlath Cunnane, wani babban abokin O'Connell, ya gabatar da jawabin:"Ga Dave rayuwa, musamman a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, rayuwa addu'a ce. Rayuwa tana gaban Almasihu, kuma wannan shine abin da ya raba. Haka ne, ya taimaki talakawa. Haka ne, ya yi yaƙi don adalci. Amma mafi mahimmanci, abin da yake son rabawa shine haɗuwa da Yesu Kiristi," Francis da shugaban Amurka Joe Biden sun aika ta'aziyyarsu ga iyalan O'Connell.

### Binciken kisan kai
Wani diakon ya gano O'Connell a gidan bayan ya kasa bayyana a wani taro da aka tsara.  'Yan sanda sun fara binciken kisan kai .  A ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, 'yan sanda sun kama Carlos Medina a gidansa da ke Torrance, California . Matar Carlos Medina ita ce mai kula da gidan O'Connell kuma ta yi aiki a gidan O'Connell.   Bisa ga bayanin da 'yan sanda suka samu, Medina ta shaida wa wani abokin aikinta cewa O'Connell yana bin sa bashi. 

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