David M. O'Connell

CM **David Michael OConnell** (an haife shi a ranar 21 ga Afrilu, 1955) shugaban cocin Katolika ne na Amurka wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Bishop na Trenton a New Jersey tun daga 2010. Shi memba ne na Congregation of the Mission ('yan Vincentians) kuma tsohon shugaban Jami'ar Katolika ta Amurka (CUA).

## Tarihin Rayuwa

### Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi David O'Connell a ranar 21 ga Afrilu, 1955, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yan Arthur J. da June O'Connell huɗu. Ya girma a kusa da Langhorne, Pennsylvania . Tun yana ƙarami yana son firistocin Katolika, sai ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Joseph Preparatory da ke Princeton, New Jersey . 

Bayan kammala karatunsa na sakandare, O'Connell ya shiga Jami'ar Niagara da ke Lewiston, New York. Ya sami digiri na farko a fannin falsafa daga Niagara a shekarar 1978. Ya ci gaba da karatunsa na firist a Mary Immaculate Seminary da ke Northampton, Pennsylvania, inda ya sami digiri na biyu a fannin Allahntaka a shekarar 1981 da kuma digiri na biyu a fannin tauhidi a fannin ɗabi'a a shekarar 1983.

### Naɗi da hidima
Joseph McShea ya naɗa O'Connell firist na Vincentians a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1982, a cikin chapel na Mary Immaculate Seminary. Bayan naɗa shi, Vincentians sun naɗa O'Connell a matsayin malami a Makarantar Sakandare ta Katolika ta Archbishop Wood da ke Warminster, Pennsylvania, inda ya koyar da azuzuwan addini kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan ayyukan ɗalibai. 

O'Connell ya koma Washington DC a shekarar 1985 don yin karatu a Makarantar Shari'ar Canon ta CUA. A wannan lokacin, ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin magatakarda kuma mataimakin farfesa a fannin shari'ar canon, tauhidi, da falsafa a Mary Immaculate Seminary. CUA ta ba O'Connell Lasisi na Shari'ar Canon a shekarar 1987 da kuma Likita a fannin Shari'ar Canon a shekarar 1990.  Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin alkali na coci da kuma mai ba da shawara kan shari'a don:

* Diocese na Harrisburg (1987 zuwa 1998)
* Diocese na Birmingham (1987 zuwa 1993)
* Diocese na Scranton (1988 zuwa 1998) 

Tsakanin 1990 da 1998, O'Connell ya yi aiki a Jami'ar St. John da ke birnin New York a matsayin mataimakin shugaban jami'a, farfesa a fannin tauhidi da nazarin addini, shugaban jami'a da kuma shugaban malamai . An nada O'Connell a matsayin mataimakin shugaban jami'ar a 1995 kuma mataimakin lauya a 1996. 

### Shugaban Jami'ar Katolika ta Amurka
A shekarar 1998, an naɗa O'Connell a matsayin shugaban CUA. A lokacin rantsar da shi, O'Connell ya karɓi rantsuwar amincewa mai cike da ce-ce-ku-ce, yana nuna goyon bayansa ga ''Ex Corde Ecclesiae'', wanda Paparoma John Paul na Biyu ya bayar a shekarar 1990. An soki takardar a matsayin hari kan 'yancin ilimi a jami'o'in Katolika. 

An naɗa O'Connell a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Cocin Vatican don Ilimin Katolika a shekarar 2005. A shekarar 2006, CUA ta naɗa O'Connell a matsayin Farfesa na Jami'ar John Joseph Keane na wannan shekarar. A ranar 2 ga Oktoba, 2009, O'Connell ya sanar da cewa zai yi murabus daga shugabancin CUA a watan Agusta na 2010. 

### Coadjutor Bishop kuma Bishop na Trenton

A ranar 4 ga Yuni, 2010, Paparoma Benedict XVI ya naɗa O'Connell bishop na Trenton don taimaka wa Bishop John M. Smith . O'Connell ya karɓi nadinsa na bishop a ranar 30 ga Yuli, 2010, daga Smith, tare da Archbishops John J. Myers da Donald Wuerl waɗanda ke aiki a matsayin masu tsarkakewa, a Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption da ke Trenton.  O'Connell ya zaɓi taken bishop ɗinsa: *Ministrare non ministrari*, ma'ana, "Don yin hidima ba don a yi masa hidima ba" (  ).  A matsayinsa na bishop na coadjutor, O'Connell ya maye gurbin Smith kai tsaye a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 2010, lokacin da ya yi ritaya.

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