Robert Francis Hennessey

Styles of
**Robert Francis Hennessey**
Styles of; Robert Francis Hennessey
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Robert Francis Hennessey
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Robert Francis Hennessey
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston; Titular Bishop of Tigias
Archdiocese	Boston
Appointed	October 12, 2006
Installed	December 12, 2006
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Tigias
Orders
Ordination	May 20, 1978; by Humberto Sousa Medeiros
Consecration	December 12, 2006; by Seán Patrick O'Malley, John Patrick Boles, and Emilio S. Allué
Personal details
Born	April 20, 1952 (age 69); South Boston, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Saint John's Seminary (Massachusetts); University of Notre Dame
Motto	MAGNIFICAT ANIMA MEA DOMINUM

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.

Biography[]

Robert Hennessey was born in South Boston, Massachusetts, 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.^[1]^[2]

Priesthood[]

Hennessey was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros on May 20, 1978 for the Archdiocese of Boston.^[3] After his ordination, he was assigned as parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish in Hanson, Massachusetts. Hennessey's next assignment as parochial vicar was at St. Peter Parish in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1983, he was assigned to St. Joseph Parish in Needham, Massachusetts, staying there for three years. He then entered a graduate studies program at Moreau Seminary at the University of Notre Dame.^[4]^[2]

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, Massachusetts, serving there for the next 12 years. In 1995, he also assumed responsibility as administrator of the Our Lady of the Airways Chapel at Logan International Airport until 1998.^[4]

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston[]

On October 12, 2006, Hennessey was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston and titular 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^[5] His episcopal motto is "Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum" Luke 1:46-55, meaning, "My soul doth magnify the Lord".^[5]

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.^[5]^[3]

References[]

^ "The new man – Bishop Robert Hennessey leads Merrimack Region as Catholics celebrate Easter". Lowell Sun. 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
^ ^a ^b "Robert F. Hennessey — bishop, priest, friend". www.thebostonpilot.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
^ ^a ^b "Most Reverend Robert F. Hennessey | Archdiocese of Boston". www.bostoncatholic.org. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
^ ^a ^b "Bishop Hennessey to become Merrimack Regional Bishop". www.thebostonpilot.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c Christine Williams (December 15, 2008). "Bishops Dooher and Hennessey ordained". The Pilot.

Episcopal succession[]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston 2006–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] "The new man – Bishop Robert Hennessey leads Merrimack Region as Catholics celebrate Easter". Lowell Sun. 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[:0-2] "Robert F. Hennessey — bishop, priest, friend". www.thebostonpilot.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[:1-3] "Most Reverend Robert F. Hennessey | Archdiocese of Boston". www.bostoncatholic.org. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[:2-4] "Bishop Hennessey to become Merrimack Regional Bishop". www.thebostonpilot.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[pilot08-5] Christine Williams (December 15, 2008). "Bishops Dooher and Hennessey ordained". The Pilot.

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