Please continue to pray for Archbishop Hannan

Retired Archbishop Philip Hannan hospitalized again

By Bruce Nolan, The Times-Picayune

Retired Archbishop Philip Hannan returned to an undisclosed hospital yesterday after a fall at the skilled nursing facility that is his new home, the Archdiocese of New Orleans said today.

A mid-morning statement from Archbishop Gregory Aymond did not say whether the 97-year-old Hannan was injured in the fall.

"It is expected that Archbishop Hannan will remain in the hospital for a few days for observation and testing," the statement said.

Aymond said Hannan is "stable and now resting comfortably."

Hannan, who had been living in Covington, survived a dangerous bout with pneumonia that hospitalized him for a week late last month.

After his discharge he moved to an undisclosed skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation.

He served as archbishop of New Orleans from 1965 to 1988.