Henry P. Northrop

Henry Pinckney Northrop (May 5, 1842 – June 7, 1916) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (1882-1888) and Bishop of Charleston (1883-1916).

Henry Northrop was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to Claudian Byrd and Hannah Eliza (née Anderson) Northrop. He received his early education at Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. from 1853 to 1856. He then studied at Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, from where he graduated in 1860. He attended the theological seminary for four years before continuing his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 25, 1865.

Following his return to the United States that year, he served as a curate at the Church of the Nativity in New York City until 1866, when he returned to Charleston and became a curate at St. Joseph's Church. He was a missionary in New Bern, North Carolina (1868-1872), assistant rector of St. John's Cathedral and pastor of Sullivan's Island (1872-1877), and pastor of St. Patrick's Church in Charleston (1877-1882).