{{Short description|Irish Roman Catholic Prelate}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{for|the Australian aviator|Henry Goya Henry}} {{for|the British-American rabbi|Henry A. Henry}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Henry Henry | title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor|Bishop of Down and Connor]] | image = Henry Henry bishop of Down and Connor.jpg | alt = | caption = | church = [[Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh|Archdiocese of Armagh]] | diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor|Diocese of Down and Connor]] | see = | term = 1895–1908 | predecessor = [[Patrick MacAlister]] | successor = [[John Tohill]] <!-- Orders --> | ordination = 7 June 1870 | consecration = 22 Sept 1895 | consecrated_by = [[Michael Logue]]
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'''Henry Henry''' (22 May 1846 – 8 March 1908) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[Prelate]] and from 1895 until 1908 he held the title [[Down and Connor|Lord Bishop of Down and Connor]]. He was known for his energy and zeal, as well as his overt activism in local politics, founding the 'Belfast Catholic Association'.
==Education and priestly ministry== Henry was born in [[Loughguile]], [[County Antrim]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Canning | first= Bernard| author-link= | title= Bishops of Ireland 1870–1987| location= [[Ballyshannon]] | publisher= [[Donegal Democrat]]| pages=117| year=1988 | isbn= 1870963008}}</ref> After his education at [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth]], he was ordained for the [[Diocese]] of [[Down and Connor]] on 7 June 1870 by [[Matthew Quinn (bishop)|Matthew Quinn]], the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst in Australia|Bishop of Bathurst]]. The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst in Australia|Diocese of Bathurst]] is located in [[New South Wales]] in [[Australia]].
He was appointed to [[St. Malachy's College|St. Malachy's Diocesan College]] to teach [[French language|French]] and [[Mathematics]], succeeding Fr Richard Marner as [[President (education)|President]] and serving as president from 1876 to 1895. To date he is the longest serving president of the college.{{citation needed|date= August 2023}}
==Bishop==
He was appointed 25th Bishop of Down and Connor on 6 August 1895 and was consecrated bishop in [[St Patrick's Church, Belfast]] on 22 Sept 1895 by [[Cardinal Logue]]. One of his first acts was to agree to be patron of the nascent [[Gaelic League]] in Belfast.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SfDcPFGUXY8C&pg=PA43|title=Grand Opportunity: The Gaelic Revival and Irish Society, 1893–1910|last=McMahon|first=Timothy G.|date=2008|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815631842|language=en}}</ref> The distinguished [[Jesuit]] historian, Fr Oliver P. Rafferty calls Henry Henry "a man of decidedly theocratic tastes" and assesses many of his decisions, especially those relating to politics and civil society as "quixotic."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/catholicism-ulster-1603-1983-interpretative/author/oliver-rafferty/|title=Catholicism Ulster 1603 1983 Interpretative by Oliver Rafferty – AbeBooks|website=www.abebooks.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref>
Dr Henry believed that a religious order of priests could give invaluable help in the densely populated area of [[Subdivisions of Belfast#West Belfast|West Belfast]]. Accordingly, he invited the [[Redemptorists]] to found a community there at [[Clonard Monastery]]. It was a welcome invitation, which they accepted as they were already looking for a foundation in the North.
In 1900, he helped establish [[St. Mary's University College (Belfast)|St. Mary's Training College]] to staff local Catholic schools.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.downandconnor.org/blog/2018/03/29/29-march-2018-homily-bishop-treanor-chrism-mass/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190830194609/http://www.downandconnor.org/blog/2018/03/29/29-march-2018-homily-bishop-treanor-chrism-mass/| archive-date = 2019-08-30| title = 29 March 2018 Homily by Bishop Treanor at Chrism Mass {{!}} Diocese of Down and Connor}}</ref>
== Belfast Gaelic League == In 1895, Henry became a patron of the branch in Belfast of the [[Conradh na Gaeilge|Gaelic League]], He was in company of [[Thomas Welland]], the Church of Ireland [[Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore]], George Raphael Buick''',''' [[List of Moderators of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland|Moderator of the Presbyterian Church]], and [[Richard Rutledge Kane (senior)|Richard Rutledge Kane]] the Church of Ireland rector of Christ Church in Belfast and the city's [[Orange Order]] Grand Master.<ref name="greatplacenorthbelfast">{{Cite web |date=2021-10-19 |title=Painting of Rev. Dr. Richard Rutledge Kane (1841-98) -Belfast Orange Hall |url=https://greatplacenorthbelfast.com/project/painting-of-rev-dr-richard-rutledge-kane-1841-98-belfast-orange-hall/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Great Place |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mac Póilin">{{cite book |last1=Mac Póilin |first1=Aodán |title=Our Tangled Speech: Essays on Language and Culture |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |year=2018 |isbn=9781909556676 |location=Belfast |pages=190}}</ref><ref name="greatwargaeilgeoiri">{{Cite web |title=The Gaelic Revival Movement in East Belfast – Great War Gaeilgeoirí of East Belfast |url=https://www.greatwargaeilgeoiri.org.uk/history/gaelic-revival-movement-in-east-belfast/ |access-date=2021-03-14 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Belfast Catholic Association== In 1896, Bishop Henry organised a Catholic Association, initially confined to controlling representation in the newly created Catholic wards [of Belfast]. It dominated municipal politics in West Belfast for a decade: it easily defeated the Nationalist slate of candidates in the two wards in 1897 and 1904, and between these dates its candidates were not even challenged. Its viewpoint dominated the ''Irish News'', the local Catholic newspaper, to such an extent that the [[Irish Nationalist Party|Irish Nationalist]] leader in the city, [[Joseph Devlin]], had to begin a rival, the ''Northern Star'', in 1897.<ref>''A past apart: studies in the history of Catholic Belfast, 1850–1950'', Anthony C. Hepburn, Ulster Historical Foundation (1996), 261 pages ({{ISBN|0901905720}})</ref>
Henry's episcopal ministry took place against the intensely fought political battles around Irish [[Home Rule]] and he worked hard to influence - some might say shape directly - nationalist political opinion, and representation in Belfast, at the heart of his diocese. By 1912, however, Devlin had won control of nationalist thought in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/about-the-assembly/assembly-commission/perspectives/covenant-lecture|title=Perspective on the Ulster Covenant Lecture Notes|website=www.niassembly.gov.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref>
==Death==
He took ill at a concert in St. Mary's Hall in Belfast in March 1908 and died at the scene. His Requiem Mass took place at [[St Patrick's Church, Belfast]]. His grave in [[Milltown Cemetery]] is in a very prominent position near the entrance where the road forks in two.
Before his death, Henry took out money against both of the Henry family farms. After he passed, there was an attempt to seize both farms, however, upon the intervention of the Church, the Henry family was able to keep them both. <ref>According to the Henry Family</ref>
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhenrye.html Catholic Hierarchy.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
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