Lawrence Patrick Henry (27 July 1934 – 4 March 2014) was a South African

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archbishop. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Henry was ordained to the priesthood for the

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in 1962. In 1987, he was appointed

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of ''Cenculiana'' and auxiliary bishop of the Cape Town Archdiocese. Henry was appointed Archbishop of the Cape Town Archdiocese in 1990 and retired in 2009. He died in 2014, aged 79.Lawrence Patrick Henry profile
catholic-hierarchy.org; accessed 30 June 2014.

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