 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana November 27, 1911, OConnell akava Bhishopi Mukuru wokutanga weBoston kuva Cardinal, uye akapiwa zita reKardinal-Priest of S. Clemente. Akasvika achinonoka kumisangano miviri yavanapapa yakatevedzana, muna 1914uye 1922, nemhaka yokufanira kuyambuka Atlantic Ocean mukufambisa kunononoka kwezuva racho. Akapikisa kuna Papa Pius XI, uyo akapindura nokuwedzera nguva iri pakati porufu rwaPapa nokuvamba kweconclave. OConnell pakupedzisira akakwanisa kupinda musangano wakazotevera wa1939, kunyange zvazvo panguva iyoyo kufamba nendege kwakanga kwava kuwanika. 