Background
Hines, Vincent Joseph was born on September 14, 1912 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Hines, Vincent Joseph was born on September 14, 1912 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Student, St. Thomas Seminary, Connecticut, 1930-1932; student, St. Sulpice Seminary, Paris, 1932-1937; Doctor of Canon Law, Lateran U., Rome, 1949.
On November 27, 1959, Hines was appointed the second Bishop of Norwich by Pope John XXIII. He received his episcopal consecration on March 17, 1960 from Archbishop Henry Joseph O"Brien, with Bishops Bernard Joseph Flanagan and John Francis Hackett serving as co-consecrators. During his tenure, he led a $1 million fundraising campaign to build diocesan high schools, and established two in Middletown, Xavier for boys in 1963 and Mercy for girls in 1965. He also named the first nun to head a diocesan school system in Connecticut, and established a retired priests" program
He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.
After fifteen years as bishop, Hines resigned on June 5, 1975. He later died at Saint Francis Hospital, aged 77.
Chaplain Army of the United States, 1943-1946.