- Gordon Bennett (bishop)
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Gordon BennettReference style The Most Reverend Spoken style Your Excellency Religious style Monsignor Posthumous style not applicable Gordon Bennett, S.J., (born October 21, 1946) is Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Mandeville.
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Episcopacy
Gordon Bennett was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore on March 3, 1998. Bennett assumed his duties as bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica on September 24, 2004. After retiring as Bishop of Mandeville in 2008, Bishop Bennett was appointed Peter Faber, S.J. Fellow in Pastoral Theology and Ignatian Spirituality at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.
Early life
Bennett was born on October 21, 1946 in Denver. He was educated at Mount St. Michael's in Spokane, Washington, Loyola High School in Los Angeles, Loyola University in Los Angeles (later Loyola Marymount University), the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California, Loyola Marymount University (for graduate studies after his undergraduate work at Loyola), and Fordham University in New York City for the Professional Diploma in Administration and Supervision. He was ordained a priest in 1975.[1]
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References
- ^ 2002 Catholic Almanac p. 416
External links
- National Black Catholic Congress bio of Gordon Bennett
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