Thomas Augustine Hendrick

Not to be confused with Thomas A. Hendricks.
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 (1849-10-29)October 29, 1849
Penn Yan, New York, United States
Died November 29, 1909(1909-11-29) (aged 60)
Cebu, Philippines
Nationality American
Denomination Roman Catholic

Thomas Augustine Hendrick (29 October 1849 at Penn Yan, New York, U.S.A. 29 November 1909 at Cebú, Philippines) was an American Catholic priest; he became the 22nd Bishop of Cebú, the first American to hold this position.

Life

He was ordained priest at St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, New York, 7 June, 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 23 August, 1903. He took possession of his See on 6 March, 1904. He died from cholera and was buried on the same day at the floor of the left wing of the Cebu Cathedral right beside the tomb of Bishop Romualdo Jimeno de Ballesteros.

References

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

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