Funeral mass in LA hears ‘rock of his family’ loved his dog, a pint of Guinness and his native Cork
He said Bishop O’Connell was a kindly uncle who always had an encouraging word for them growing up.
He said that his friend, who he first met when they studied for the priesthood at All Hallows College in Dublin in 1971, was as at ease with the “movers and the shakers and also with the moved and the shaken”. Monsignor Cunnane recalled his weekly Thursday night meetings for dinner with Bishop O’Connell. He spoke of always seeing his friend approaching him in the parking lot with his dog leash in one hand and his Padre Pio rosary in the other.
Monsignor Cunnane said that “Bishop Dave” was an especially loyal friend to him when he experienced sickness over the last number of years.
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