John Hennessy (Archbishop)
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Most Reverend John Hennessy, DD |
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| Archbishop of Dubuque | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Appointed | April 24, 1866 |
| Term ended | March 4, 1900 |
| Predecessor | Clement Smyth |
| Successor | John Joseph Keane |
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| Ordination | November 1, 1850 |
| Consecration | September 30, 1866 by Peter Richard Kenrick |
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August 20, 1825 Bulgaden, County Limerick, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Died | March 4, 1900 (aged 74) Dubuque, Iowa, USA |
| Previous post | Bishop of Dubuque |
| Ordination history of John Hennessy (bishop) | |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Peter Richard Kenrick (St. Louis) |
| Date of consecration | September 30, 1866 |
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Bishops consecrated by John Hennessy (bishop) as principal consecrator
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| Thomas Mathias Lenihan | February 24, 1897 |
John Hennessy (August 20, 1825 – March 4, 1900) was a 19th-century Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop and archbishop in the United States. He served as bishop and then the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa from 1866–1893.
John Hennessy was born August 20, 1825 in Bulgaden, County Limerick, Ireland. He was the oldest of twelve children born to William and Mary (Meaney) Hennessy. He studied for the priesthood initially at All Hallows College, Dublin then at St. Vincent's Seminary in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Carondelet Seminary near St. Louis.
He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis on November 1, 1850. Father Hennessy was assigned to parish work in New Madrid, Missouri and then St. Peter's in Gravois. He then served as a seminary professor and then president at Carondelet, and in 1858 he was sent to the Holy See as a representative of Archbishop Kenrick. From 1860 to 1866 he was a pastor of St. Joseph's Church in St. Joseph, Missouri.
On April 24, 1866 Pope Pius IX appointed Hennessy as the third bishop of Dubuque. He was consecrated and installed bishop in St. Raphael's Cathedral on September 30, 1866 by Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick of Saint Louis. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops John Martin Henni of Milwaukee and James Duggan of Chicago.
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