Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs | |
Archdiocese | Denver |
Diocese | Colorado Springs |
Appointed | November 10, 1983 |
Installed | January 30, 1984 |
Retired | January 30, 2003 |
Predecessor | First Bishop |
Successor | Michael John Sheridan |
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Orders | |
Ordination | June 6, 1959 by Urban John Vehr |
Consecration | September 20, 1974 by James Vincent Casey, George Roche Evans, and Charles Albert Buswell |
Personal details | |
Born | Denver, Colorado, US | June 15, 1931
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Parents | Edward Anselm and Dorothy Elizabeth (née Ranous) Hanifen |
Education | Regis College St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary Catholic University of America Pontifical Lateran University |
Styles of Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen (born June 15, 1931) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Hanifen was the first bishop of the new Diocese of Colorado Springs in Colorado, serving from 1984 to 2003. Hanifen served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Denver in Colorado from 1974 to 1984.