Henry Edmund Donnelly Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Henry E. Donnelly
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
Church:Catholic Church
See:Titular See of Tymbrias
Appointed:September 6, 1954
Term:October 26, 1954 - November 4, 1967
Ordination:August 17, 1930
Consecration:June 13, 1968
Consecrated By:Edward Mooney
Birth Date:August 28, 1904
Birth Place:Hudson, Michigan

Henry Edmund Donnelly (August 28, 1904 – November 4, 1967) was an American Bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1954 to 1967.

Biography

Born in Hudson, Michigan, Henry Donnelly was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit on August 17, 1930. On September 6, 1954 Pope Pius XII appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Tymbrias and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit. He was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Edward Mooney on October 26, 1954. The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Allen Babcock of Grand Rapids and Detroit auxiliary bishop Alexander M. Zaleski. He continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his death on November 4, 1967, at the age of 63.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Henry Edmund Donnelly. Catholic-Hierarchy. 2014-02-05.
  2. Web site: Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees. Giga-Catholic. 2014-02-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221050602/http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-17.htm. 2014-02-21.