Dennis Walter Hickey

Most Reverend Dennis W. Hickey
Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester
Church	Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Rusuccuru
Appointed	January 5, 1968
In office	March 14, 1968 - January 16, 1990
Orders
Ordination	June 7, 1941 by James E. Kearney
Consecration	March 14, 1968 by Luigi Raimondi
Personal details
Born	October 28, 1914 Dansville, New York
Died	October 6, 1999(1999-10-06) (aged 84) Rochester, New York

Dennis Walter Hickey (October 28, 1914 – October 6, 1999) was a Bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rochester from 1968 to 1990.

Biography

Born in Dansville, New York, Dennis Hickey was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rochester on June 7, 1941, by Bishop James E. Kearney.

On January 5, 1968 Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru and Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester. He was consecrated bishop by Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, the Apostolic Delegate to the United States, on March 14, 1968. The principal co-consecrators were Rochester Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Bishop Emeritus James E. Kearney.

Hickey served as an auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on January 16, 1990. He died on October 6, 1999, at the age of 84.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Bishop Dennis Walter Hickey". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2014-02-05.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester 1968–1990	Succeeded by –

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester

Ordinaries

Bishops: Bernard John McQuaid; Thomas Francis Hickey; John Francis O'Hern; Edward Mooney; James E. Kearney; Fulton J. Sheen; Joseph Lloyd Hogan; Matthew H. Clark; Salvatore Ronald Matano

Coadjutor bishop: Thomas Francis Hickey

Auxiliary bishops: Lawrence B. Casey; John Edgar McCafferty; Dennis Walter Hickey

Churches

Cathedral: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester

Parishes: Immaculate Conception Church, Rochester; Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church, Rochester; St. Charles Borromeo Church, Greece; St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Complex, Bloomfield; Saint George Roman Catholic Lithuanian Church, Rochester; St. Mary's Church, Rochester; Saint Michael's Church, Rochester; St. Rose Roman Catholic Church Complex, Lima

Former parishes: Our Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Complex, Greece; St. Joseph's Church and Rectory, Rochester

Education

Seminary: St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry, Pittsford

Former seminary: Saint Bernard's Seminary, Rochester

High schools: The Aquinas Institute of Rochester; Bishop Kearney High School, Irondequoit; McQuaid Jesuit High School, Brighton; Notre Dame High School, Elmira; Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women, Brighton

Former high schools: Academy of the Sacred Heart, Rochester; Cardinal Mooney High School, Greece; DeSales High School, Geneva; Holy Family High School, Auburn; Mount Carmel High School, Auburn; Nazareth Academy, Rochester; St. Agnes High School, Rochester; St. Anthony of Padua High School, Watkins Glen; St. Joseph's Business High School, Rochester