Charles Henderson (bishop), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Henderson (bishop)

Roman Catholic bishop

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1924

Date of Death: 10-Apr-2006

Profession: Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Charles Joseph Henderson, KC*HS was born in County Waterford, Ireland on 14 April 1924, where he was ordained as a priest on 6 June 1948.
He was educated locally by the Christian Brothers and trained for the priesthood in St.
John's College, Waterford. Based in England, Henderson was appointed vicar general of the new diocese Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, which was created out of Southwark in 1965.
He was made a papal chamberlain in 1960 and a prelate to the papal household in 1965.
In 1969 he was appointed as the parish priest for Our Lady Help of Christians, Blackheath. On 8 December 1972 at St George’s Cathedral (Southwark), Archbishop Cyril Cowderoy ordained him as an auxiliary bishop in Southwark and titular Bishop of Tricala.
After the death of Archbishop Cowderoy in October 1976, he was put in charge of the diocese until the installation of Archbishop Michael Bowen in April 1977.
In 1980 he was given responsibility for south-east London.