John Heneghan (21 December 1881 – 10 February 1945)[1] was an Irish priest, editor, and a member of the Maynooth Mission to China, who was murdered by the Japanese forces in the Battle of Manila in 1945.
He was ordained in Maynooth, in June 1909, by the Archbishop of Dublin, William Walsh.
On 10 February 1945, he was removed from Manila together with three other Columban priests, and killed by Japanese forces.
[5] In February 1997, there was a monument erected in front of the Malate Church, in the memory of Heneghan, Fallon, Kelly, and Monaghan; his nephew and namesake, Monsignor John Heneghan of California attended the unveiling.
[7] He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian decoration which the U.S can give to non-U.S. nationals, along with his confreres Fr.