Bishop Brian Leo John Hennessy, C. R. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jan 1919		Born	Detroit, MI, USA
30 Jul 1950	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ
28 Feb 1975	56.1	Appointed	Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
14 May 1975	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
1 Jun 1995	76.4	Retired	Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
13 Feb 1997	78.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 21.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paul Francis Reding †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan †
Bishop John Michael Sherlock

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Brian Leo John Hennessy, C. R. † (1975)
Bishop Paul Francis Reding † (1966)
Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan † (1937)
Archbishop John Thomas McNally † (1913)
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Cardinal Falconio, O.F.M. † (1892)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R.

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