Daniel Anthony Hart

Daniel Anthony Hart (August 24, 1927 – January 14, 2008) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Norwich from 1995 to 2003.

Daniel Hart was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the third son of John and Susan (née Tierney) Hart. After graduating from Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, he entered Boston College, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. He then studied at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, earning a Master of Divinity degree in 1953. He was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Richard Cushing on February 2, 1953. He then served as a curate at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Lynnfield until 1954, when he was assigned to complete his graduate studies at Boston College. In addition to his studies, he served at St. Paul Church in Wellesley.

He returned to parish ministry as a curate at Sacred Heart Church in Malden. In 1964 he became vice-chancellor of the Archdiocese of Boston. From 1970 to 1976, he was a curate at St. John the Baptist Church in Peabody. During that period, he was also elected president of the Archdiocesan Senate of Priests. He also earned a Master of Education degree, with a major in pastoral counseling, from Boston State College in 1972.