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Richard Henning was born on October 17, 1964, to Richard and Maureen Henning in Rockville Centre, New York, growing up at Holy Name of Mary Parish and grade school. His father was a firefighter and his mother was a nurse. Henning credits their examples of service with inspiring his own vocation. [1]
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 be ...
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 ...
During the ceremony, the appropriate archbishop confers the spiritualities of the see on the bishop-elect, who then takes office (i.e. it is the confirmation by which the person legally takes up the See and become bishop, and thereby vacates their previous ecclesiastical office). [3]
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.
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.
c. 20, s. 4 it is provided that after an episcopal election a royal mandate shall issue to the archbishop of the province requiring him to confirm the said election or, in case of an archbishop-elect, to one archbishop and two bishops, or to four bishops, requiring and commanding them with all speed and celerity to confirm it.