A high honor for Archbishop Hannan: flags to fly at half staff for this WWII hero

Gov. Jindal orders flags flown at half staff for Archbishop Hannan funeral

Published: Tuesday, October 04, 2011, 10:25 AM     Updated: Tuesday, October 04, 2011, 2:38 PM

By Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune The Times-Picayune BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal has issued an executive order calling for the flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff Thursday, the day of the funeral of Archbishop Philip Hannan.

Steve Helber, Associated PressGov. Bobby Jindal has ordered flags at state building to be flown at half staff Thursday in honor of the late Archbishop Philip Hannan.

Hannan died last week at age 98 and will be buried in religious ceremonies at St. Louis Cathedral on Thursday.
Jindal's order calls for the flags on state buildings to be lowered from sunrise to sunset the day of the funeral.
In the executive order, Jindal notes that Hannan was a chaplain for the 82nd Airborne where "he risked his life to minister to wounded soldiers," and later became the 11th archbishop of New Orleans. He served in that capacity for more than two decades.
"Archbishop Hannan helped comfort the people of Louisiana as they recovered from numerous storms," the order said. "He served as a voice for those (who) were less fortunate."
The order called Hannan "a servant of the people and his service to the New Orleans community and the state make it appropriate and fitting for the state of Louisiana to remember him, to mark his passing and to honor his memory."