Vincent Ignatius Kennally (June 11, 1895 – April 12, 1977) was a
Roman Catholic
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bishop.
Born in
Dorchester, Massachusetts
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, Kennally was ordained a priest for the
Society of Jesus
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on June 20, 1928. On June 4, 1946, he was appointed apostolic administrator of the Vicariate Apostolic of
Caroline and Marshall Islands. On December 6, 1956, Kennally was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands and titular bishop of ''Sassura'' and was ordained bishop on March 25, 1957. He retired on September 20, 1971.
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1895 births
1977 deaths
Clergy from Boston
20th-century American Jesuits
20th-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops
Roman Catholic bishops of Caroline Islands
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