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Thomas Mathias Lenihan

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Church
  
See
  
Cheyenne

Ordination
  
November 19, 1868

Successor
  
Consecration
  
February 24, 1897

Name
  
Thomas Lenihan


Thomas Mathias Lenihan

In office
  
November 30, 1896 — December 15, 1901

Born
  
May 21, 1843Mallow, County Cork, Ireland (
1843-05-21
)

Died
  
December 15, 1901, Dubuque, Iowa, United States

Predecessor
  

Thomas Mathias Lenihan (May 21, 1843 – December 15, 1901) was a late 19th and early 20th century bishop in the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne in the state of Wyoming from 1896–1901. He was an older brother to the first bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls, Mathias Clement Lenihan.

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Early life & Ministry

Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, Lenihan was educated at St. Thomas College in Bardstown, Kentucky, St. Vincent's Seminary in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was ordained a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa on November 19, 1868. He was involved in parish ministry while a priest in the diocese, and later, archdiocese of Dubuque. In addition to older brother, Thomas also had a sister, Katherine Kelly (née Lenihan).

Bishop of Cheyenne

On November 30, 1896 Pope Leo XIII named him the second bishop of Cheyenne. He was consecrated a bishop on February 24, 1897 by Archbishop John Hennessy of Dubuque. The co-consecrators were Bishops Henry Cosgrove of Davenport and Thomas Bonacum of Lincoln. The Cheyenne diocese had been without a bishop for almost four years when his predecessor, Bishop Maurice Francis Burke, left to become bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri. Bishop Lenihan, however, was a man of poor health that was made worse by Wyoming's high altitude and dryness. He was restricted in what he could accomplish and returned to Iowa where he died. He was the bishop of the diocese for 5 years.

References

Thomas Mathias Lenihan Wikipedia


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