Thomas Augustine Hendrick (October 29, 1849 – November 29, 1909) was an American Catholic priest; he became the 22nd

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, the first American to hold this position.

Life

Thomas Augustine Hendrick was born in

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, New York on October 29, 1849. He was ordained priest at St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, New York, June 7, 1873, and spent 29 years in parish work in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester. When the reorganization of the Catholic Church in the Philippines was undertaken after the Spanish–American War, he was appointed Bishop of Cebú, and consecrated in Rome August 23, 1903. He took possession of his See on March 6, 1904. He died from

cholera Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium ''Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting and ...

in Cebu on November 29, 1909, and was buried on the same day at the floor of the left wing of the Cebu Cathedral right beside the tomb of Bishop Romualdo Jimeno de Ballesteros.

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