Bishop Ralph Bernard O'Donnell

Msgr. Ralph Bernard O’Donnell was born on 31 August 1969 in Omaha, in the archdiocese of the same name. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from the Conception Seminary College. He carried out his studies in theology at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary, obtaining a Master of Divinity, and was subsequently awarded a master’s degree in spirituality from Creighton University. He was ordained a priest on 7 June 1997 for the archdiocese of Omaha. He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint Mary Our Queen (1997-2001) and Saint Vincent de Paul, Omaha (2001-2003), vocational director (2003-2008), parish priest of Saint Bridget and Saint Rose, Omaha (2008-2011), vice rector of the Conception Seminary College (2011-2015), director of the Secretariat for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations of the Episcopal Conference (2015-2019), and since 2019, parish priest of Saint Margaret Mary, Omaha.