As a child, Hanifen suffered from chronic asthma.
Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen.
Hanifen was born in Denver,
Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen(born June 15,
After 19 years as Bishop of Colorado Springs, Hanifen resigned on January 30, 2003.
Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen(born June 15,
1931) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Hanifen was born in Denver,
Colorado, the third of four children of Edward Anselm and Dorothy Elizabeth(née Ranous) Hanifen.
Among his first acts as bishop, Hanifen selected St. Mary's Church as the cathedral of the diocese, and launched
His grandfather immigrated from Canada to Leadville during the 1880s silver boom,
and eventually became a successful mine owner; Hanifen's father co-founded a prominent Colorado investment firm.
Among his first acts as bishop, Hanifen selected St. Mary's Church as the cathedral of the diocese, and launched
The Catholic Herald, the monthly diocesan newspaper, in September 1984.