Bishop Joseph Vincent Brennan

Bishop of Fresno, California, USA

Motto: Caritas Christi Urget Nos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Mar 1954		Born
21 Jun 1980	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA
21 Jul 2015	61.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
21 Jul 2015	61.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana
8 Sep 2015	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana
5 Mar 2019	64.9	Appointed	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
2 May 2019	65.1	Installed	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA

MicroData Summary
Joseph Vincent Brennan
Bishop Joseph Vincent Brennan
(born 20 Mar 1954)
Bishop of Fresno

Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Van Nuys
Ordained Priest St. Vibiana's, Cathedral, Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of the Angels, Cathedral, Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Fresno.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Timothy Finbar Cardinal Manning †
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Horacio Gómez Velasco
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Blase Joseph Cupich
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Bishop Joseph Martin Sartoris †
Titular Bishop of Oliva

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Horacio Gómez Velasco (2001)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (1988)
Archbishop of Denver, Colorado
Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q20725303

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 21 Jul 2015
mn: CB, 21 Jul 2015
ob: CB, 24 Jul 2015
c23: CB, 11 Aug 2015
c4: CB, 12 Aug 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 224, Number 18,570
ab: Bollettino, 5 Mar 2019
i: CB, 5 Mar 2019
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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