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Bishop David M. O'Connell of Trenton, N.J., is pictured in Rome in a 2019 photo. Bishop O'Connell suffered a heart attack Jan. 4, 2024, while in Rome ahead of a diocesan pilgrimage and was taken to Santo Spirito hospital where he had emergency surgery to open a completely closed artery, according to a Jan. 5 diocesan statement. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)

Bishop O’Connell of Trenton, N.J., undergoes emergency heart surgery in Rome

January 5, 2024
By OSV News
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Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News

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TRENTON, N.J. (OSV News) — Bishop David M. O’Connell of Trenton, 68, suffered a heart attack Jan. 4 while in Rome and was taken to Santo Spirito hospital where he had emergency surgery to open a completely closed artery, according to a Jan. 5 diocesan statement.

“Bishop O’Connell is resting comfortably after a successful surgery. He asks that you keep him in your prayers as he recovers,” the diocese said.

Accompanied by four priests from the Trenton Diocese, the bishop traveled to Rome a few days ahead of a Jan. 4-12 pilgrimage for 20 priests and two diocesan staff members. The four clergymen include Msgr. Thomas N. Gervasio, vicar general and moderator of the curia, and Msgr. Sam Sirianni, director of the Office of Worship.

“Every few years, I offer a pilgrimage for priests in our parishes to go with me to Rome, usually after the Christmas holidays when there is a break in the busyness of their schedules,” Bishop O’Connell told the TrentonMonitor.com, Trenton’s diocesan news outlet, before the pilgrimage.

“On this trip, I am especially eager to pray at the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis whom I designated as patron of young people in our diocese, especially those in our Catholic schools and religious education programs,” he added.

The scheduled itinerary included Mass with Pope Francis on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and a visit to Assisi, Italy, and the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels. The pilgrims also planned to be in St. Peter’s Square Jan. 10 for Pope Francis’ general audience.

A native of Philadelphia and a priest of the Eastern province of the Congregation of the Mission, also known as the Vincentian order, Bishop O’Connell is the 10th bishop of Trenton. He was president of The Catholic University of America in Washington from 1998 until the end of the 2009-2010 school year. On June 4, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed then-Father O’Connell as coadjutor bishop of Trenton, and he was ordained to the episcopacy by Bishop John M. Smith in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, on July 30, 2010.

When Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Smith on Dec. 1, 2010, Bishop O’Connell automatically succeeded him as the 10th bishop of Trenton.

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