Edward Joseph O'Donnell
Edward Joseph O'Donnell was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana.Biography
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, O'Donnell was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis on April 6, 1956. On December 6, 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed O'Donnell auxiliary bishop of the Saint Louis Archdiocese, and he was consecrated as bishop on February 10, 1983. On November 8, 1994, the pope appointed Bishop O'Donnell Bishop of the Lafayette Diocese in Louisiana.
Bishop O'Donnell retired on November 8, 2002 and died in Saint Louis, aged 77.
