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Thomas Joseph Tobin (born April 1, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.He was bishop of the Diocese of Providence in Rhode Island from 2005 to 2023. . Tobin previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown in Ohio from 1996 to 2005 and as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania from 1992 to
Richard Garth Henning (born October 17, 1964) is an American Catholic prelate who is the current archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Providence in Rhode Island from 2023 to 2024 and before that was an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York from 2018 to 2022.
On February 16, 1872, Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Providence, taking all of Rhode Island from the Diocese of Hartford. The pope also included the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, the Cape Cod area, and other parts of southern Massachusetts in the new diocese. [12] The pope named Thomas Hendricken as the first bishop of ...
Before coming to Rhode Island, he was the auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, which covers Long Island and has about 154 parishes for a population of more than 1.5 ...
On January 16, 1919, Hickey was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Providence and titular bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria by Pope Benedict XV.Hickey received his episcopal consecration on April 10, 1919, from Bishop Thomas Beaven, with Bishops Louis Walsh and Daniel Feehan serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence.
In 1978, Evans was reassigned as assistant chaplain at Rhode Island Hospital and Roger Williams Hospital in Providence and as assistant pastor of St. Lawrence Parish in North Providence, Rhode Island. In 1979, Evans moved from St. Lawrence to St. Mark’s Parish, in Cranston, Rhode Island, as assistant pastor. After four years at St. Mark's, he ...
He was the first native of Rhode Island to serve as bishop of Providence. [4] During his 23-year tenure in Providence, McVinney established 28 new parishes, mostly in rapidly growing suburban and rural areas of the diocese. [2] He also established 40 new Catholic schools and oversaw the construction of new buildings for many preexisting schools ...
Robert Edward Mulvee (February 15, 1930 – December 28, 2018) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.. Mulvee served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire (1977-1985), as bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington in Delaware (1985–1995) and as bishop of the Diocese of Providence in Rhode Island (1997–2005).