The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/O'Connor, Right Rev. Michael
O'Connor, Right Rev. Michael, D.D., first Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat, Vict., was born in Dublin in 1827 and educated at Maynooth and Dunboyne Colleges, where he won numerous honours. Taking holy orders, he was appointed parish priest of Rathfarnham, Dublin. In 1875 he was appointed first Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat in Victoria, being installed in the cathedral of that city by Archbishop Goold on Nov. 20th of that year. The Bishop died on Feb. 14th, 1883.