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Edwin Frederick O'Brien
Edwin Frederick O'Brien (born April 8, 1939) is an American Catholic prelate who headed the Order of the Holy Sepulchre from 2011 to 2019. He previously served as archbishop of Baltimore in Maryland from 2007 to 2011 and as Archbishop of the Military Services, USA, in Washington, D.C. from 1997 to 2007. He was an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of New York from 1996 to 1997. O'Brien was made a cardinal in 2012.
Edwin O'Brien was born on April 8, 1939, in the Bronx, New York, to Edwin Frederick Sr. and Mary Winifred O'Brien. One of three children, he had two brothers, Ken and Tom O'Brien, now deceased. O'Brien graduated from Our Lady of Solace Parish School in the Bronx in 1953 and attended St. Mary's High School in Katonah, New York from 1953 to 1957.
O'Brien entered St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York in 1959, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts (1961), Master of Divinity (1964), and Master of Arts (1965) degrees.
O'Brien was ordained to the priesthood at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan for the Archdiocese of New York by Cardinal Francis Spellman on May 29, 1965.
O'Brien served as a civilian chaplain at the United States Military Academy at West Point until 1970, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps with the rank of captain. He took Army flight training with parachute jumping. In 1970, O'Brien began serving as a chaplain at Fort Bragg in North Carolina with the US Army 82nd Airborne Division.
O'Brien was sent to South Vietnam in 1971 during the Vietnam War with the US Army 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. While in South Vietnam, O'Brien was based in the countryside and flew with a Protestant minister by helicopter to minister to soldiers. In 1972, O'Brien was transferred to Georgia, serving as post chaplain at Fort Gordon until his discharge from the service in 1973.
In 1973, Cardinal Terence Cooke sent O'Brien to study in Rome at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He graduated from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum in Rome with a Doctorate in Sacred Theology in 1976. His dissertation was titled The Origin and Development of Moral Principles in the Theology of Paul Ramsey.
Returning to New York, O'Brien served as both the vice-chancellor of the Archdiocese of New York and associate pastor at St. Patrick Cathedral Parish in Manhattan from 1976 to 1981. He coordinated Pope John Paul II's visit to New York in 1979 and was the archdiocesan director of communications from 1981 to 1983. Between 1983 and 1985, O'Brien served as Cooke's priest-secretary, then for his successor, Cardinal John O'Connor.
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Edwin Frederick O'Brien
Edwin Frederick O'Brien (born April 8, 1939) is an American Catholic prelate who headed the Order of the Holy Sepulchre from 2011 to 2019. He previously served as archbishop of Baltimore in Maryland from 2007 to 2011 and as Archbishop of the Military Services, USA, in Washington, D.C. from 1997 to 2007. He was an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of New York from 1996 to 1997. O'Brien was made a cardinal in 2012.
Edwin O'Brien was born on April 8, 1939, in the Bronx, New York, to Edwin Frederick Sr. and Mary Winifred O'Brien. One of three children, he had two brothers, Ken and Tom O'Brien, now deceased. O'Brien graduated from Our Lady of Solace Parish School in the Bronx in 1953 and attended St. Mary's High School in Katonah, New York from 1953 to 1957.
O'Brien entered St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York in 1959, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts (1961), Master of Divinity (1964), and Master of Arts (1965) degrees.
O'Brien was ordained to the priesthood at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan for the Archdiocese of New York by Cardinal Francis Spellman on May 29, 1965.
O'Brien served as a civilian chaplain at the United States Military Academy at West Point until 1970, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps with the rank of captain. He took Army flight training with parachute jumping. In 1970, O'Brien began serving as a chaplain at Fort Bragg in North Carolina with the US Army 82nd Airborne Division.
O'Brien was sent to South Vietnam in 1971 during the Vietnam War with the US Army 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. While in South Vietnam, O'Brien was based in the countryside and flew with a Protestant minister by helicopter to minister to soldiers. In 1972, O'Brien was transferred to Georgia, serving as post chaplain at Fort Gordon until his discharge from the service in 1973.
In 1973, Cardinal Terence Cooke sent O'Brien to study in Rome at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He graduated from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum in Rome with a Doctorate in Sacred Theology in 1976. His dissertation was titled The Origin and Development of Moral Principles in the Theology of Paul Ramsey.
Returning to New York, O'Brien served as both the vice-chancellor of the Archdiocese of New York and associate pastor at St. Patrick Cathedral Parish in Manhattan from 1976 to 1981. He coordinated Pope John Paul II's visit to New York in 1979 and was the archdiocesan director of communications from 1981 to 1983. Between 1983 and 1985, O'Brien served as Cooke's priest-secretary, then for his successor, Cardinal John O'Connor.
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