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Richard Garth Henning (born October 17, 1964) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Boston since 2024. He previously served as Bishop of Providence from 2023 to 2024 and before that was an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre from 2018 to 2022.
PROVIDENCE – Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Richard G. Henning, currently the bishop of Providence, as Archbishop of Boston.. Henning, who will take over for Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, will ...
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán O’Malley as archbishop of Boston on Monday and named the bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of ...
Archbishop-designate Richard Henning, 59, will replace O'Malley and will be formally installed into the role on Oct. 31. Originally from New York, Henning had led the Church in Providence, Rhode ...
Lake Street" was a metonym for the bishop and the office of the archdiocese. [9] In June 2004, the archdiocese sold the archbishop's residence and the chancery and surrounding lands in Brighton to Boston College, in part to defray costs associated with numerous cases of sexual abuse by clergy of the archdiocese. [10]
Most nations with large Catholic populations in non-missionary geographical areas propose and elect native-born clergy to the episcopacy. An exception to this rule is the United States, which has a significant number of foreign-born bishops, with most serving as auxiliaries in culturally diverse dioceses.
Henning will take over for Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, 80, who served as the bishop of Fall River from 1992 to 2002 and was appointed as the archbishop of Boston on July 1, 2003.
He was the first bishop of St. Thomas to be ordained on the Island of St. Thomas. [9] O'Malley succeeded as bishop of Saint Thomas on October 16, 1985, when John Paul II accepted Harper's resignation. [3] O'Malley describes the Diocese of St. Thomas as a missionary diocese when he arrived, with a total annual budget of only $30,000.