His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Richard Garth Henning
Bishop of Providence
DioceseProvidence
AppointedNovember 23, 2022
InstalledMay 1, 2023
PredecessorThomas Joseph Tobin
Orders
OrdinationMay 30, 1992
by John R. McGann
ConsecrationJuly 24, 2018
by John Barres, William Murphy, and Robert J. Brennan
Personal details
Born (1964-10-17) October 17, 1964
Rockville Centre, New York, US
ParentsRichard and Maureen Henning
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Alma materSaint John's University
Seminary of the Immaculate Conception
Catholic University of America
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
MottoPut out into the deep
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Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Richard Garth Henning (born October 17, 1964) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who became Bishop of Providence in 2023. He was an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre from 2018 to 2022, when he was named Coadjutor Bishop of Providence. As Coadjutor, he automatically succeeded Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin upon his retirement on May 1, 2023.

Biography

Early life

Richard Henning was born on October 17, 1964, to Richard and Maureen Henning in Rockville Centre, New York, growing up at Holy Name of Mary Parish and grade school.[1] His father was a firefighter and his mother was a nurse. Henning credits their examples of service with inspiring his own vocation.[2] He graduated from Chaminade High School in Mineola, New York in 1982.[3] In 1986 and 1988, he earned bachelors and masters degrees in history from St. John's University in New York City before entering seminary for the Diocese of Rockville Center and being sent to the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Lloyd Harbor, New York, for priestly formation.[4][5] On May 30, 1992, Henning was ordained to the priesthood.

Priesthood

As a priest of Rockville Center, Henning served as a professor of sacred scripture and formator at Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, and as episcopal vicar for the diocese. In 2000, he earned his licentiate degree in biblical theology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and in 2007 a doctorate degree in biblical theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome.[5]

Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre

Coat of Arms as Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre and Coadjutor Bishop of Providence

Pope Francis appointed Henning as auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre on June 8, 2018.[4][6] Henning was consecrated as a bishop by Bishop John Barres on July 24, 2018.

Coadjutor Bishop/Bishop of Providence

On November 23, 2022, Francis appointed Henning as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Providence. He was installed on January 26, 2023.[7][8] In accordance with this, Henning possessed the right to succeed Bishop Thomas Tobin as Bishop of Providence when Tobin retired.

He became bishop of Providence on May 1, 2023, when Pope Francis accepted the resignation of his predecessor Thomas J. Tobin.[9]

Henning is fluent in Spanish and Italian and literate in French, Greek, and Hebrew.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Most Reverend Richard G. Henning". The Diocese of Rockville Centre. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  2. ↑ "Who is Bishop Richard Henning, the new coadjutor bishop of Providence?". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  3. ↑ "Graduate Appointed as Auxiliary Bishop". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Rockville Centre and Washington". Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  6. ↑ "Pope Francis Names Rev. Msgr. Richard G. Henning as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Rockville Centre". Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  8. ↑ "POPE FRANCIS NAMES MOST REVEREND RICHARD G. HENNING COADJUTOR BISHOP OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND" (PDF). Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 01.05.2023" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. May 1, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.

Episcopal succession


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