Will County IL Archives Biographies.....O'Dwyer, Rev Father Peter 
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Author: Past & Present Will County, 1907

Rev. Father Peter O'Dwyer, in charge of the Catholic church at Wilmington 
since October, 1905, was born in the county of Tipperary, Ireland, June 29, 
1863, his parents being Thomas and Catherine (Doyle) O'Dwyer, both of whom 
were natives of County Tipperary. Father O'Dwyer of this review was the fifth 
son of the family and attended Mount Melleray Seminary, in Waterford county, 
Ireland. He afterward became a student in All Hallows College, from which he 
was graduated in 1888, and then came to the United States to enter upon the 
active work of the priesthood, being appointed to St. Mary's parish in 
Chicago. In 1894 he was appointed to St. Rose of Lima parish, where he 
remained until 1898, when he was transferred to the Sacred Heart church in 
Joliet, continuing there until 1900. He afterward became pastor of St. 
Patrick's church at Lemont, where he continued for five years, and in October, 
1905, was assigned to his present charge by the Most Rev. James Quigley, 
archbishop of the Chicago diocese. Liberal education, conscientious purpose 
and consecrated zeal well qualified him for the holy calling and under his 
guidance the different churches with which he has been connected have made 
steady and substantial progress.

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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