Brian Leo John Hennessy,
C.R., (7 January 1919 – 13 February 1997) was an
American
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-born
Roman Catholic
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bishop.
Hennessy, who was from
Detroit
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, was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1950; and served as the Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in
Bermuda
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from 1975 to 1995.
Catholic Hierarchy
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References
1919 births
Bermudian Roman Catholic bishops
Clergy from Detroit
1997 deaths
Resurrectionist Congregation
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in British Overseas Territories
Roman Catholic bishops of Hamilton in Bermuda
20th-century American clergy
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