Jerome Hannan

Styles of Jerome Hannan
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	None

Jerome Daniel Hannan (November 29, 1896 – December 15, 1965) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Scranton from 1954 until his death in 1965.

Biography

Early life

Jerome Hannan was born on November 29, 1896, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to James and Rose (née Tiernan) Hannan.^[1] He studied at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1916, and then at St. Vincent's Seminary in Latrobe, earning a Doctor of Divinity in 1920.

Priesthood

Hannan was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Regis Canevin for the Diocese of Pittsburgh on May 22, 1921.^[1] He then served as administrator of Holy Trinity Church in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and curate at Holy Rosary Parish in Pittsburgh until 1923, when he became chaplain at Mount Mercy Academy. He was also private secretary to Bishop Hugh Charles Boyle from 1923 to 1931.

Hannan earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh in 1931, and a Doctor of Canon Law degree from the School of Canon Law at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1934. He also served as assistant chancellor of the diocese (1934-1939), administrator of St. Paul's Cathedral in Pittsburgh (1937-1939). Hannan then moved to Washington to serve as an associate professor of canon law (1940-1951) and vice-rector (1951-1954) at Catholic University of America. Hannan also served as editor of the journal The Jurist: Studies in Church Law and Ministry.^[2]

Bishop of Scranton

On August 17, 1954, Hannan was appointed the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Scranton by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on September 21, 1954, from Archbishop Amleto Cicognani, with Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle and Bishop Henry Klonowski serving as co-consecrators, in Washington, D.C.^[1] During his tenure, Hannan oversaw the construction of the chancery building and Saint Pius X Seminary.

Death and legacy

Jerome Hannan died in Rome on December 15, 1965, where he was attending the closing session of the Second Vatican Council; he was age 69.^[1]

In 2018, the University of Scranton renamed Hannan Hall after a Pennsylvania grand jury determined that he covered up child sex abuse by clergy in the diocese.^[3]

References

External links

• Diocese of Scranton

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton

Bishops

Ordinaries

William O'Hara

Michael John Hoban

Thomas Charles O'Reilly

William Joseph Hafey

Jerome Daniel Hannan

Joseph Carroll McCormick

John Joseph O'Connor

James Clifford Timlin

Joseph Francis Martino

Joseph Charles Bambera

Auxiliary bishops

Andrew James Louis Brennan

Martin John O'Connor

Henry Theophilus Klonowski

James Clifford Timlin

Francis X. DiLorenzo

John M. Dougherty

Diocesan priests who became bishops

Eugene A. Garvey

Joseph R. Kopacz

Jeffrey Walsh

Churches

Cathedral

St. Peter's Cathedral, Scranton

Basilica

Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann, Scranton

Parishes

St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex, Hazleton

Parishes, former

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Wilkes-Barre

Education

Higher education

King's College

Marywood University

Misericordia University

University of Scranton

High schools

Holy Cross High School, Dunmore

Holy Redeemer High School, Wilkes-Barre

Notre Dame High School, East Stroudsburg

Scranton Preparatory School, Scranton

St. John Neumann Regional Academy High School, Williamsport

High schools, closed

South Scranton Catholic High School

Miscellany

• St. Stanislaus Institute, Newport Township

• Catholicism portal