Edward Henchy

Edward Henchy (d. 1895) was an American Catholic priest. For most of his career, he was a Jesuit, and ministered to mission parishes on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. In 1870, he became the president of Loyola College in Maryland, but resigned just six months later due to illness. He returned to his ministry work in eastern Maryland, but resigned from the Jesuit order, becoming a diocesan priest, because the eastern part of Maryland had been transferred from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, where the Jesuits operated, to the Diocese of Wilmington. He died there around 1895.

The Reverend

Edward Henchy
6th President of Loyola College in Maryland
In office
1870–1871
Preceded byJohn Early
Succeeded byStephen A. Kelly
Personal details
Diedcirca 1895 (1896)
Eastern Shore of Maryland, U.S.
Resting placeSt. Peter's Church, Queenstown, Maryland

Early life

Edward Henchy received his tonsure and minor orders from Michael Portier, the Bishop of Mobile, on June 21, 1855.[1] He eventually became a Catholic priest and a member of the Society fo Jesus.[2]

He became the Jesuit mission priest at St. Joseph's Church in Cordova, Maryland, which served the rural Maryland counties of Talbot, Queen Anne's, Kent, Caroline, and Dorchester, as well as Kent and Sussex counties in Delaware as a priest from 1867 to 1870. While there, he organized the first St. Joseph's Jousting Tournament on August 26, 1868.[3]

Henchy was appointed to succeed John Early in 1870 as president of Loyola College in Maryland and pastor of St. Ignatius Church. His presidency lasted only six months, however, as he became ill and retired in January 1871, and was succeeded by Stephen A. Kelly.[4]

Later ministry

He again returned to the areas of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where he previously was a Jesuit missionary. However, in 1868,[5] ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the part of Maryland east of the Chesapeake Bay region had been transferred from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, in which the Jesuits operated, to the newly erected Diocese of Wilmington. Therefore, in order to continue ministering to the Catholics there, he left the Society of Jesus, and became a diocesan priest.[2] In this capacity, he ministered to the area again from 1874 to 1878,[3] as the pastor of the Church of Saints Peter & Paul in Easton, Maryland.[6]

He also served briefly as pastor of St. Joseph's on the Brandywine in Greenville, Delaware.[2] Henchy died on the Eastern Shore around 1895.[4] He was buried in St. Peter's Church in Queenstown, Maryland.[3]

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References

Citations
  1. "Catholic Affairs at Home: Ordination". The Leader. 1 (18). July 7, 1855. p. 14. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. Parks 2001, p. 19
  3. "Saints Peter & Paul Church - Easton". Saints Peter & Paul Parish & School. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  4. Ryan 1903, p. 81
  5. "History of the Diocese of Wilmington at sesquicentennial: #CDOW150th". The Dialog. Diocese of Wilmington. October 24, 2018. Archived from the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  6. Sadlier's Catholic Directory 1873, p. 335

Sources
Academic offices
Preceded by
John Early		 6th President of Loyola College in Maryland
1870—1871		 Succeeded by
Stephen A. Kelly
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John Early		 Pastor of St. Ignatius Church
1870—1871		 Succeeded by
Stephen A. Kelly
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