Vincent Joseph Hines

Vincent Joseph Hines (September 14, 1912 – April 23, 1990) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Norwich in Connecticut from 1960 to 1975.

Biography Vincent Hines was born on September 14, 1912, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was ordained to the priesthood at the Saint Sulpice Seminary in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, for the Archdiocese of Hartford on May 2, 1937, by Cardinal Jean Verdier. After the American entry into World War II in 1941, Hines joined the US Army Chaplain Corps in 1942. He served in France after the 1944 Normandy invasion; Hines received a Bronze Star medal.

Bishop of Norwich On November 27, 1959, Hines was appointed the second bishop of Norwich by Pope John XXIII.

Retirement and death On June 5, 1975, Pope Paul VI accepted Hines' resignation as bishop of Norwich. He spent his retirement serving as chaplain to the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Norwich. Vincent Hines died in Hartford at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center on April 23, 1990, at age 77.