Robert Francis Hennessey
Robert Francis Hennessey (born April 20, 1952) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. On October 12, 2006 he was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in M*achusetts.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Priesthood
- 1.2 Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
- 2 See also
- 3 References
- 4 Episcopal succession
Biography
Robert Hennessey was born in South Boston, M*achusetts, to John and Eileen (née Cahill) Hennessey. His father was a policeman with the Boston Police Department. The second of five children, he has two brothers, John and Daniel, and two sisters, Deborah and Barbara. Hennessey attended St. Augustine Grammar School in South Boston, then was accepted for seventh grade at Boston Latin School. Hennessey then spent the next eight years at St. John's Seminary in South Boston. He was ordained a deacon in 1977.
Priesthood
Hennessey was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros on May 20, 1978 for the Archdiocese of Boston. After his ordination, he was *igned as parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish in Hanson, M*achusetts. Hennessey's next *ignment was as parochial vicar at St. Peter Parish in Plymouth, M*achusetts. In 1983, he was *igned to St. Joseph Parish in Needham, M*achusetts, staying there for three years. He then entered a graduate studies program at Moreau Seminary at the University of Notre Dame.
Hennessey spent the next six years serving in the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle in Bolivia. Following his return to Boston in 1994, Hennessey became pastor of Most Holy Redeemer Paris in East Boston, M*achusetts, serving there for the next 12 years. In 1995, he also *umed responsibility as administrator of the Our Lady of the Airways Chapel at Logan International Airport until 1998.
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
On October 12, 2006, Hennessey was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston and *ular bishop of Tigias. He received his episcopal consecration on December 12 2006 from Archbishop Seán O'Malley, with Bishops John Boles and Emilio Allué serving as co-consecrators His episcopal motto is "Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum" Luke 1:46-55, meaning, "My soul doth magnify the Lord".
Hennessey first held the post of episcopal vicar for the Central Pastoral Region of the archdiocese, but was transferred on January 23, 2014 to the Merrimack Region.
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops