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Henry Edmund Donnelly

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Most Reverend

Henry E. Donnelly
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
ChurchCatholic Church
SeeTitular See of Tymbrias
AppointedSeptember 6, 1954
In officeOctober 26, 1954 - November 4, 1967
Orders
OrdinationAugust 17, 1930
by Michael Gallagher (bishop)
ConsecrationJune 13, 1968
by Edward Mooney
Personal details
BornAugust 28, 1904
DiedNovember 4, 1967(1967-11-04) (aged 63)
Detroit, Michigan

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

Biography

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Early life

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Henry Donnelly was born on August 28, 1904 in Hudson, Michigan. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit in Hudson by Bishop Michael James Gallagher on August 17, 1930.[1]

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit

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On September 6, 1954 Pope Pius XII appointed Donnelly as titular bishop of Tymbrias and auxiliary bishop of Detroit. He was consecrated a bishop at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit 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.[1]

Donnelly died in Detroit on November 4, 1967, at age 63.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bishop Henry Edmund Donnelly". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  2. ^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-05.