Joseph Vincent Brennan

His Excellency
Joseph Vincent Brennan
Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles
Church Roman Catholic Church
See Titular See of Trofimiana
In office 2015 - current
Successor Incumbent
Orders
Ordination June 21, 1980
Consecration September 12, 2015
by Archbishop José Horacio Gómez
Personal details
Born (1954-03-20) March 20, 1954
Van Nuys, California
Alma mater St. John's Seminary (California)
Motto Caritas Christi urget nos
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Styles of
Joseph Vincent Brennan
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style not applicable

Joseph Vincent Brennan, (born 20 March 1954 in Van Nuys, California) is a Prelate of the Catholic Church. He is currently serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Ordination and priestly service

After his ordination to the priesthood, Brennan served as associate pastor at three parishes:

Fr. Brennan was later a pastor at two parishes:

Father Brennan also served as the Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. In this role, he was in residence at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and at Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church. Father Brennan also served as the vicar general for the Archdiocese.

Father Brennan was also a Chaplain for the Knights of Columbus in California, a member of the Council of Priests and the College of Consultors of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and also sits on the Board of the Catholic Education Foundation, the Williams Charitable Trust, and Together in Mission.[1]

Episcopal ordination and career

Joseph V. Brennan was appointed by Pope Francis Titular Bishop of Trofimiana and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on July 21, 2015.[2]

He was ordained a bishop by the Archbishop of Los Angeles José Horacio Gómez on September 8, 2015.

Archbishop Gómez has assigned Bishop Brennan as his Episcopal Vicar for the San Fernando Pastoral Region.[1]

See also

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles
2015present
Succeeded by


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