Bishop Robert Francis Hennessey

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Titular Bishop of Tigias

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Apr 1952		Born
30 Apr 1977	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
20 May 1978	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 Oct 2006	54.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 Oct 2006	54.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tigias
12 Dec 2006	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tigias

MicroData Summary for Robert Francis Hennessey
(WikiData: Q1761175)
Bishop Robert Francis Hennessey (born 20 Apr 1952) Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

Ad Limina - November 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place South Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

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a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest by:
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Consecrator:
Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Patrick Boles †
Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa
Bishop Emilio Simeón Allué Carcasona, S.D.B. †
Titular Bishop of Croae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (1984)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. † (1960)
Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands
Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart † (1943)
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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 Arthur Leo Kennedy (2010)

Event	Place
Birth Place	South Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Bishop	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 20 Oct 2006
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Number 15,295
od/c0: CB, 12 Apr 2019
op.loc: CB, 20 Oct 2022

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