Donald Hanchon
Donald Francis Hanchon | |
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Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit Titular Bishop of Horreomargum | |
Archdiocese | Detroit |
Appointed | March 22, 2011 |
Installed | May 5, 2011 |
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Horreomargum |
Orders | |
Ordination | October 19, 1974 by John Dearden |
Consecration | May 5, 2011 by Allen Henry Vigneron, John Clayton Nienstedt, and John M. Quinn |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Motto | Que crezca Jesus (Spanish for ″May Jesus grow″) |
Styles of Donald Francis Hanchon | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Donald Francis Hanchon (born October 9, 1947), is an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who currently serves as an auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit.
Biography
Born in Jackson, Michigan, Hanchon studied at St. John's Provincial Seminary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit.[1] He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese on October 19, 1974, and began to serve in a number of its parishes.
During the 1980s, Hanchon began to study Spanish and Mexican culture, to serve better the population from that nation beginning to settle in the region in large numbers. He went to Mexico to study and as well as the Mexican American Cultural Center, now the Mexican American Catholic College, in San Antonio, Texas.[1] He is also of Polish descent.[2]
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
Hanchon was appointed the titular bishop of Horreomargum and an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese on March 22, 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI.[3] He was consecrated by Allen H. Vigneron, the Archbishop of Detroit, on May 5, 2011.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Bishop Donald Hanchon". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Bishop Donald Francis Hanchon". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
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Episcopal succession
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- People from Jackson, Michigan
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops
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- American titular bishops
- Living people
- American people of Polish descent
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
- Religious leaders from Michigan
- Catholics from Michigan
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