An angle type optical connector enables a splicing operation of an optical
fiber cable accurately and stably without requiring skilled labor and
having a superior on-site installation property. An optical connector is
provided with a splicing section for securely supporting an incorporated
optical fiber securely supported at a ferrule and an optical fiber of an
outside optical fiber cable in an end-abutting condition. The body of the
optical connector is provided with a cable holding member able to hold an
optical fiber cable. The cable holding member can be set at a temporary
position where it makes an optical fiber of the optical fiber cable abut
against the incorporated optical fiber at the splicing section in the
state holding the optical fiber cable and bends a covered optical fiber
of the optical fiber cable between the splicing section and the cable
holding member by a pressing force in the lengthwise direction.