Bishop Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R.

Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jan 1955		Born
1975²	19.9	Entered	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
15 Aug 1976	21.6	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
15 Mar 1980	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
4 Nov 2009	54.8	Elected	Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
27 Sep 2022	67.7	Ceased	Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
11 Jun 2024	69.4	Appointed	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
15 Aug 2024	69.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Michael Brehl
Bishop Michael Brehl C.Ss.R.
(born 7 Jan 1955)
Bishop of Pembroke

Event Place
Birth Place Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario
Ordained Bishop St. Columbkille, Cathedral, Pembroke, Diocese of Pembroke, Ontario

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Pembroke.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Marcel Damphousse
Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick
Bishop Jon Paul Christian Hansen, C.Ss.R.
Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Marcel Damphousse (2012)
Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario
Archbishop Brendan Michael O’Brien (1987)
Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario
Archbishop Joseph-Aurèle Plourde † (1964)
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Charles Duval, C.Ss.R. (2025)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 297401546
WikiData: Q1927050

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 Jun 2024
ob: CB, 11 Jun 2024

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