Daniel Joseph Hannon (12 June 1884 – 26 April 1946) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Menevia from 1941 to 1946. Born in Rotherham, Yorkshire on 12 June 1884, he was ordained to the priesthood on 22 September 1907. He was appointed the Bishop of the

Diocese of Menevia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Wales. It is one of two suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cardiff and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cardiff. History On 12 May 1898, the Apos ...

by the Holy See on 15 March 1941. His

consecration Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

to the Episcopate took place on 1 May 1941, the principal consecrator was Archbishop William Godfrey of Liverpool (later Archbishop of Westminster), and the principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Michael McGrath of Cardiff and Bishop Thomas Flynn of Lancaster. Bishop Hannon died in office at the Bishop's House in Wrexham on 26 April 1946, aged 61, and was buried in Wrexham Cemetery in Ruabon Road.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hannon, Daniel Joseph 1884 births 1946 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Wales People from Rotherham Roman Catholic bishops of Menevia English bishops