Rev. John A. Hennessy

Deceased: 2012-12-02

Diocese: FORT WORTH

Seminary Graduation Year: 1978

ICTE Spring: 2010

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Rev. John Anthony Hennessy Jr., a Roman Catholic priest who most recently served as parochial vicar of St. John the Apostle Parish in North Richland Hills, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. He was 61 years old. Funeral: Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Andrew Catholic Church. Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery. Vigil service: 6 p.m. Wednesday at St. Andrew Catholic Church. Memorials: North Texas American Diabetes Association , 4100 Alpha Road, Dallas, Texas 75244; or National Kidney Foundation , 5429 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 250, Dallas, Texas 75240-2617. Father Hennessy was born Nov. 28, 1951, to Mary Emma and John Anthony Hennessy Sr. in Fort Worth. He attended St. Andrew Catholic School and Church and Nolan Catholic High School. He entered Holy Trinity Seminary and continued his theological education at the North American College in Vatican City. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Fort Worth by Bishop John J. Cassata on July 29, 1978. He served the people in several parishes in the Fort Worth Diocese with his longest assignment at St. Ann Catholic Church in Burleson. Father Hennessy was a devoted and faithful chaplain to the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Arlington and to the Sisters of St. Mary at Our Lady of Victory. Father John earned the rank of Eagle Scout and served as chaplain to the Boy Scouts of the area. He was a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. He was preceded in death by his father, John, a veterinarian. Survivors: His mother, Mary Emma Lewis Hennessy; and brothers, Pat Hennessy and his wife, Cindy, of Hico and Paul Hennessy of Austin.