Thomas Augustine Hendrick Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Thomas Augustine Hendrick
Archbishop Of:Archbishop of Cebu
See:Cebu
Appointed:August 18, 1903
Ended:November 29, 1909
Predecessor:Martín García y Alcocer
Successor:Juan Bautista Gorordo
Ordination:June 7, 1873
Birth Date:29 October 1849
Birth Place:Penn Yan, New York, United States
Death Place:Cebu, Philippines
Nationality:American
Religion:Roman Catholic
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Thomas Augustine Hendrick.svg

Thomas Augustine Hendrick (October 29, 1849  - November 29, 1909) was an American Catholic priest; he became the 22nd Bishop of Cebú, the first American to hold this position.

Life

Thomas Augustine Hendrick was born in Penn Yan, New York on October 29, 1849.[1] He was ordained priest at St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, New York, on June 7, 1873, and spent 29 years in parish work in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester.

When the reorganization of the Catholic Church in the Philippines was undertaken after the Spanish–American War, he was appointed Bishop of Cebú, and consecrated in Rome on August 23, 1903. He took possession of his See on March 6, 1904. He died from cholera in Cebu on November 29, 1909,[1] and was buried on the same day on the floor of the left wing of the Cebu Cathedral right beside the tomb of Bishop Romualdo Jimeno de Ballesteros.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers . . 75–76 . 1917 . 2021-06-10 . archive.org.