From Bienville to Bourbon Street to bounce. 300 moments that make New Orleans unique.

WHAT HAPPENED On Oct. 13, 1965, 1718 ~ 2018 Philip Hannan was installed as the 300 of New Orleans. TRICENTENNIAL

Archbishop Philip Hannan worked nonstop for New Orleans and its people.

Though conservative in his political views — he once said it would be a sin to vote for Democrat because of her support for rights — he was lib- eral in his social views and action. Hannan arrived in New Orleans soon after Hurricane Betsy hit in 1965. After walking through the Desire housing project, he com- mitted to lifting up the city’s poor. He started the Second Harvest Archbishop Philip Hannan. food bank, developed what at the Archbishop time was the largest Catholic hous- Hannan arrived ing program for seniors and grew in New Orleans just after Catholic Charities into a multi- Hurricane Betsy million-dollar social action agency. and promptly toured the When the city refused to desegre- devastation. gate its pools, Hannan opened the pool at the Notre Dame Archbishop Hannan said the to black and white children. He highlight of his career was also helped settle thousands of welcoming John Paul II to New Orleans in 1987. Vietnamese Catholics in the city in 1975. Hannan said one of his greatest moments, though, was welcoming Pope John Paul II to New Orleans in 1987. Before coming to New Orleans, Hannan had been a friend of President John F. Kennedy and eulogized the president after he was assassinated. After Hannan retired in 1988, he became president of WLAE, the public television station he helped start The 2009 installation of Archbishop Gregory Aymond, far right, with three other Archbishop Hannan handing Jacqueline Philip Hannan as a young Army in 1984. former New Orleans : Philip Hannan, Francis Schulte and Alfred Hughes. Kennedy the American flag from President chaplain. John F. Kennedy’s casket in 1963. Hannan died in 2011 at age 98.