William John Kenny

William John Kenny ( born October 14, 1853 in Delhi, New York, USA, † October 24, 1913 in Baltimore) was Bishop of Saint Augustine.

Life

William John Kenny studied Catholic theology and philosophy at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany. He received on 15 January 1879, the sacrament of Holy Orders for the Diocese of Saint Augustine. Kenny was pastor of Immaculate Conception in Jacksonville, Florida. 1889 William John Kenny Vicar General of the Diocese of Saint Augustine.

On March 15, 1902, he was named Pope Leo XIII. Bishop of Saint Augustine. The Archbishop of Baltimore, James Cardinal Gibbons, gave him on 18 May of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Savannah, Benjamin Joseph Keiley, and the Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, Leo Michael Haid, OSB.

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