Thomas Mathias Lenihan

Right Reverend Thomas M. Lenihan, DD
Bishop of Cheyenne

Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Cheyenne
In office	November 30, 1896 — December 15, 1901
Predecessor	Maurice Francis Burke
Successor	James John Keane
Orders
Ordination	November 19, 1868
Consecration	February 24, 1897
Personal details
Born	(1843-05-21)May 21, 1843 Mallow, County Cork, Ireland
Died	December 15, 1901(1901-12-15) (aged 58) Dubuque, Iowa

Thomas Mathias Lenihan (May 21, 1843 – December 15, 1901) was a late 19th and early 20th century bishop in the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne in the state of Wyoming from 1896-1901. He was an older brother to the first bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls, Mathias Clement Lenihan.

Biography

Early life & Ministry

Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, Lenihan was educated at St. Thomas College in Bardstown, Kentucky, St. Vincent's Seminary in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was ordained a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa on November 19, 1868. He was involved in parish ministry while a priest in the diocese, and later, archdiocese of Dubuque.^[1] In addition to older brother, Thomas also had a sister, Katherine Kelly (nee Lenihan).

Bishop of Cheyenne

On November 30, 1896 Pope Leo XIII named him the second bishop of Cheyenne. He was consecrated a bishop on February 24, 1897 by Archbishop John Hennessy of Dubuque. The co-consecrators were Bishops Henry Cosgrove of Davenport and Thomas Bonacum of Lincoln.^[2] The Cheyenne diocese had been without a bishop for almost four years when his predecessor, Bishop Maurice Francis Burke, left to become bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri. Bishop Lenihan, however, was a man of poor health that was made worse by Wyoming's high altitude and dryness. He was restricted in what he could accomplish and returned to Iowa where he died. He was the bishop of the diocese for 5 years.^[3]

References

↑ Delaney, John J, Tobin, James Edward (1961). Dictionary of Catholic Biography. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. p. 688.
↑ "Bishop Thomas Mathias Lenihan". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
↑ "Most Reverend Thomas M. Lenihan". www.dioceseofcheyenne.org. Retrieved 2010-05-14.

Diocese of Cheyenne

Bishops	Ordinaries Maurice Francis Burke Thomas Mathias Lenihan James Keane Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern Hubert Newell Joseph Hubert Hart David L. Ricken Paul D. Etienne

Churches	Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral Parishes Church of Saint Anthony, Casper Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Rock Springs

Education	Higher Education Wyoming Catholic College

Miscellany	Father DeSmet's Prairie Mass Site

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Archdiocese of Dubuque

Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels

Auxiliary Bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin

Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Family, New Melleray Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Nativity, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Ludmila, Cedar Rapids St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former Parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Cascade St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City

Education	Higher Education Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque High Schools Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Primary Schools Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque

Religious Orders	New Melleray Abbey Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Priests	John George Alleman John Patrick Carroll James Vincent Casey Joseph Crétin Justin Albert Driscoll Thomas William Drumm Raymond Philip Etteldorf Daniel Mary Gorman Edward Howard Louis Benedict Kucera Mathias Clement Lenihan Thomas Mathias Lenihan J. A. M. Pelamourgues Joseph Clement Willging

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