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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IA-IRISH] Bio of Rev. Peter O'Malley
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:02:29 -0500

History of Dubuque County, Iowa; Weston A. Goodspeed, ed. by F. T. Oldt and
P. J. Quigley; Chicago: Goodspeed Hist. Assoc. 1911

Rev. Peter O'Malley, pastor of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church,
Dubuque, since 1898, is a son of John and Nora (Kennedy) O'Malley, and
descended from an old Irish family. The parents were farmers in the old
country and there died and were buried. Peter O'Malley, the immediate
subject of this memoir, was born in the city of Limerick, February 8, 1866,
and was primarily educated in the Jesuit College at that place. He early
decided that his life had best be spent in the service of the Master, and
accordingly in 1883 he entered St. Patrick's College, Thurles, County
Tipperary. On June 24, 1890, at Maynooth, he was formally ordained to the
priesthood by Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, and in September of that year
came to America and Dubuque, Iowa, and until March, 1892, was assistant
priest in St. Patrick's Church. His next mission was at St. Theresa's
Church, Jackson county, Iowa, and due largely to his efforts a fine brick
edifice was erected at Lamotte, that county. There he remained until called
to Dubuque as pastor of St. Anthony's Church to succeed Father Kenny. His
teachings and labors in this community have been of the highest order and
much good has been brought about by his able ministrations. He erected a new
church and school house and has improved the pastorage. Father O'Malley
stands very high in the estimation of the citizens of Dubuque county.



Cathy Joynt Labath
The Irish in Iowa
http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm

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