Bishop Henry Kennedy

Title:

Bishop

First Name:

Henry

Middle Names:

Joseph

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Kennedy

Order:

Date of Birth:

18-Feb-1915

Place of Birth:

Rozelle NSW

Country of Birth:

Australia

Date of Ordination:

30-Nov-1938

Place of Ordination:

St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney NSW

Country of Ordination:

Australia

Ordination Diocese:

Sydney

Seminary:

St Columba's College, Springwood, Australia

St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia

Date of Death:

03-Sep-2003

Place of Death:

Tamworth NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

2003

Place of Burial:

Saints Mary and Joseph Cathedral, Armidale NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238610877

Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Hobart Hobart19381940Funeral brochure; Campbell
Sydney DarlinghurstAssistant Priest19401944Funeral brochure; Campbell
Sydney Elizabeth Bay19441948Funeral brochure; Campbell
Sydney CathedralFuneral brochure
Sydney SydneyPrivate Secretary to Cardinal GilroyMar1948Aug1951Funeral brochure
Sydney SydneyAssistant Secretary to Cardinal GilroyAug1951Funeral brochure
Brisbane BrisbaneAuxiliary Bishop19671971Funeral brochure
Armidale ArmidaleBishop197127Apr1991Funeral brochure
Sydney SydneyChancellor/Archbishop's Secretary19531967Campbell
Items per page:
0 of 0

Episcopal Ordinations Table

Diocese
Day
Month
Year
Place
Country
Brisbane 14Sep1967Australia
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Biographical Notes

T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Kennedy, Henry Joseph

Born in Sydney on 18 February 1915. Educated at St Joseph's school, Rozelle, and Christian Brothers College, Rozelle. Studied at St Columba's College Springwood and St Patrick's College, Manly. Ordained in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney on 30 November 1938 by Archbishop Norman Thomas Gilroy. His first appointment was as an assistant priest on loan to the Hobart Archdiocese from 1938 to 1940. In 1940 he was appointed assistant priest Darlinghurst, then transferred to Elizabeth Bay in 1944. In 1948 he was appointed as private secretary to Cardinal Gilroy, in 1951 assistant secretary to the Cardinal and then, in 1953, chancellor of the archdiocese and the Cardinal's secretary. In 1955 he was appointed a Privy Chamberlain (Monsignor), remaining Cardinal's secretary until consecrated as titular bishop of Simingi in partibus infidelium and appointed auxiliary bishop of Brisbane on 23 November 1967. He was translated as the seventh Bishop of Armidale on 6 December 1971, following the transfer of Bishop James Darcy Freeman as Archbishop of Sydney. He was installed on 2 February 1972. He resigned office on 26 April 1991, and lived in retirement at Nazareth House, Tamworth. He died on 3 September 2003 and was buried within the cathedral grounds, Armidale. The stone over his grave has an incorrect date for his consecration as bishop.
(Sources: CW 17 Dec 1971 pp 1, 2, 14 Sep 2003 p 3, Manly (1968) p 68).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)