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
Ordinaries 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