His Excellency, The Most Reverend John George Bennett
Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana
Successor	John Carberry
Orders
Ordination	June 27, 1914 by Herman Joseph Alerding
Consecration	January 10, 1945 by John F. Noll
Personal details
Born	January 20, 1891 Dunnington, Indiana, US
Died	November 20, 1957(1957-11-20) (aged 66)
Education	St. Joseph's College St. Meinrad Seminary
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John George Bennett (January 20, 1891—November 20, 1957) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana from 1945 until his death in 1957.

John Bennett was born in Dunnington, Indiana, and studied at St. Joseph's College and St. Meinrad Seminary.^[1] He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding for the Diocese of Fort Wayne on June 27, 1914.^[2] After his ordination, Bennett served as a curate at St. Peter Parish in Fort Wayne, Indiana (1914–1927), as pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Garrett, Indiaian (1927–1944), and defensor vinculi of the diocese (1929–1944).^[1]

On November 11, 1944, Bennett was appointed as the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Lafayette by Pope Pius XII.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on January 10, 1945, from Bishop John F. Noll, with Bishops Francis Cotton and John O'Hara, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] John Bennett died on November 20, 1957, at age 66.

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana Official website