Bishop Brian Leo John Hennessy, C. R. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jan 1919		Born
30 Jul 1950	31.5	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	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
1 Jun 1995	76.4	Retired	Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
13 Feb 1997	78.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles

MicroData Summary for Brian Leo John Hennessy
(WikiData: Q17479181)
Bishop Brian Leo John Hennessy C. R. (born 7 Jan 1919, died 13 Feb 1997) Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda

Event Place
Birth Place Detroit, MI, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA
Ordained Priest Assumption, Pro-Cathedral, North Bay
Ordained Bishop Christ the King, Hamilton, Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Death Place Lighthouse Hill, Southampton, Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 21.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ralph Hubert Dignan †
Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paul Francis Reding †
Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan †
Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario
Bishop John Michael Sherlock †
Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Francis Reding † (1966)
Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario
Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan † (1937)
Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario
Archbishop John Thomas McNally † (1913)
Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Cardinal Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R. (1995)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Detroit, MI, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan, USA
Ordained Priest	Assumption, Pro-Cathedral, North Bay
Ordained Bishop	Christ the King, Hamilton, Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Death Place	Lighthouse Hill, Southampton, Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 39, Number 2,427
c1: CB, 22 May 2022

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