Thomas Augustine Hendrick

The Most Reverend

Thomas Augustine Hendrick
The Most Reverend; Thomas Augustine Hendrick
Archbishop of Cebu
See	Cebu
Appointed	August 18, 1903
Term ended	November 29, 1909
Predecessor	Martín García y Alcocer
Successor	Juan Bautista Gorordo
Orders
Ordination	June 7, 1873
Personal details
Born	October 29, 1849; Penn Yan, New York, United States
Died	November 29, 1909 (aged 60); Cebu, Philippines
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic
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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.

References

^ ^a ^b The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers. The Encyclopedia Press. 1917. pp. 75–76. Retrieved June 10, 2021 – via archive.org.

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External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Cebu". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Thomas Augustine Hendrick". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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[Makers-1] The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers. The Encyclopedia Press. 1917. pp. 75–76. Retrieved June 10, 2021 – via archive.org.

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