Richard Lennon


Richard Gerald Lennon
Bishop of Cleveland
ChurchCatholic Church
SeeDiocese of Cleveland
AppointedApril 4, 2006
InstalledMay 15, 2006
Term endedDecember 28, 2016
PredecessorAnthony Michael Pilla
SuccessorNelson Jesus Perez
Previous post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
(2001 - 2006)
Orders
OrdinationMay 19, 1973
by Humberto Sousa Medeiros
ConsecrationSeptember 14, 2001
by Bernard Francis Law, Lawrence Joseph Riley, William Murphy
Personal details
Born(1947-03-26)March 26, 1947
DiedOctober 29, 2019(2019-10-29) (aged 72)
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
EducationSaint John's Seminary
Boston College
MottoDiligamus Nos Invicem
(Love each other)
Styles of
Richard Gerard Lennon
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Richard Gerard Lennon (March 26, 1947 – October 29, 2019) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio from 2006 to 2016. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 2001 to 2006.