Early Life and Education
Edwin O'Brien was born in the Bronx, New York, to Edwin Frederick, Sr. and Mary Winifred O'Brien. One of three children, he has two late brothers, Ken and Tom. He graduated from Our Lady of Solace School in 1953, and attended St. Mary's High School in Katonah from 1953 to 1957. He then entered St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers in 1959, from where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts (1961), Master of Divinity (1964), and Master of Arts (1965) degrees.
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