Charles Joseph Henderson, KC*HS was born in County Waterford, Ireland on 14 April 1924, where he was ordained as a priest on 6 June 1948.
[1] He was educated locally by the Christian Brothers and trained for the priesthood in St. John's College, Waterford.
In 1973 he was given the Freedom of the City of Waterford (an honour also shared by Isaac Butt and Anna Manahan).
The same year, he was also made a Knight Commander with Star of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
He continued to travel for many years to Thailand several times to visit the Pattaya Orphanage Trust (of which he was a patron).