Born in Messena in upstate New York, Thomas Lantry O'Neill attended Georgetown University in the late 1890's, subsequently studying law and then teaching school in Potsdam, New York.
In 1902 O'Neill entered the Paulists and, while a student, participated in early missionary work around Winchester, Tennessee. He was professed in the community on June 11, 1905, and was ordained a priest on June 9, 1906.
After a short stay on the staff of St. Paul the Apostle parish in New York, he was assigned to Berkeley where he was appointed the Rector of the Newman Club in 1911.
In 1921, when vacationing in Europe, Fr. O'Neill was appointed the Paulist representative to the Vatican and named the first Paulist rector of Santa Susanna's parish in Rome. There he served the Paulists well, ministering to the American community in Rome and creating a network of friends among the many diplomats and world leaders who came to the city.
When war threatened in 1940 he was recalled to America and appointed librarian of St. Paul's College. He served as rector of the college from 1944 until 1947.
Fr. O'Neill was greatly mourned at his death and remembered as one of the Paulists' finest parish leaders and administrators. He died in Washington, D.C., at the age of 76, after nearly 45 years as a Paulist priest.
In 1902 O'Neill entered the Paulists and, while a student, participated in early missionary work around Winchester, Tennessee. He was professed in the community on June 11, 1905, and was ordained a priest on June 9, 1906.
After a short stay on the staff of St. Paul the Apostle parish in New York, he was assigned to Berkeley where he was appointed the Rector of the Newman Club in 1911.
In 1921, when vacationing in Europe, Fr. O'Neill was appointed the Paulist representative to the Vatican and named the first Paulist rector of Santa Susanna's parish in Rome. There he served the Paulists well, ministering to the American community in Rome and creating a network of friends among the many diplomats and world leaders who came to the city.
When war threatened in 1940 he was recalled to America and appointed librarian of St. Paul's College. He served as rector of the college from 1944 until 1947.
Fr. O'Neill was greatly mourned at his death and remembered as one of the Paulists' finest parish leaders and administrators. He died in Washington, D.C., at the age of 76, after nearly 45 years as a Paulist priest.
Born in Messena in upstate New York, Thomas Lantry O'Neill attended Georgetown University in the late 1890's, subsequently studying law and then teaching school in Potsdam, New York.
In 1902 O'Neill entered the Paulists and, while a student, participated in early missionary work around Winchester, Tennessee. He was professed in the community on June 11, 1905, and was ordained a priest on June 9, 1906.
After a short stay on the staff of St. Paul the Apostle parish in New York, he was assigned to Berkeley where he was appointed the Rector of the Newman Club in 1911.
In 1921, when vacationing in Europe, Fr. O'Neill was appointed the Paulist representative to the Vatican and named the first Paulist rector of Santa Susanna's parish in Rome. There he served the Paulists well, ministering to the American community in Rome and creating a network of friends among the many diplomats and world leaders who came to the city.
When war threatened in 1940 he was recalled to America and appointed librarian of St. Paul's College. He served as rector of the college from 1944 until 1947.
Fr. O'Neill was greatly mourned at his death and remembered as one of the Paulists' finest parish leaders and administrators. He died in Washington, D.C., at the age of 76, after nearly 45 years as a Paulist priest.
In 1902 O'Neill entered the Paulists and, while a student, participated in early missionary work around Winchester, Tennessee. He was professed in the community on June 11, 1905, and was ordained a priest on June 9, 1906.
After a short stay on the staff of St. Paul the Apostle parish in New York, he was assigned to Berkeley where he was appointed the Rector of the Newman Club in 1911.
In 1921, when vacationing in Europe, Fr. O'Neill was appointed the Paulist representative to the Vatican and named the first Paulist rector of Santa Susanna's parish in Rome. There he served the Paulists well, ministering to the American community in Rome and creating a network of friends among the many diplomats and world leaders who came to the city.
When war threatened in 1940 he was recalled to America and appointed librarian of St. Paul's College. He served as rector of the college from 1944 until 1947.
Fr. O'Neill was greatly mourned at his death and remembered as one of the Paulists' finest parish leaders and administrators. He died in Washington, D.C., at the age of 76, after nearly 45 years as a Paulist priest.
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