Brendan Michael O'Brien

Archbishop's coat of arms by Brendan Michael O'Brien

Brendan Michael O'Brien (born September 28, 1943 in Ottawa ) is a Canadian clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston .

Life

Brendan Michael O'Brien was ordained a priest on July 2, 1982 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Ottawa and titular bishop of Numana on May 6, 1987 . The Archbishop of Ottawa, Joseph-Aurèle Plourde , donated him episcopal ordination on June 29 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the auxiliary bishops in Ottawa John Michael Beahen and Gilles Bélisle .

He was appointed Bishop of Pembroke on May 5, 1993 and initiated into office on June 29 of the same year. On December 4, 2000, he was named Archbishop of Saint John's, Newfoundland .

During the tenure from 2003 to 2005 he was chairman of the Canadian Bishops' Conference .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Kingston on June 1, 2007 . The inauguration took place on July 25th of the same year.

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on March 28, 2019.

Web links

Entry for Brendan Michael O'Brien on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ 70th anniversary of the Canadian Episcopal Conference. (No longer available online.) Renewedpriesthood.org, September 25, 2013, archived from the original on December 6, 2017 ; accessed on December 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Kingston (Canada) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 28, 2019, accessed March 28, 2019 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Joseph Raymond Windle	Bishop of Pembroke 1993-2000	Richard William Smith
James Hector MacDonald CSC	Archbishop of Saint John's, Newfoundland 2000–2007	Martin William Currie
Anthony Giroux Meagher	Archbishop of Kingston 2007-2019	Michael Mulhall
Jacques Berthelet	Chairman of the Canadian Bishops' Conference (CECC) 2003–2005	André Gaumond

personal data
SURNAME	O'Brien, Brendan Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	O'Brien, Brendan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston
DATE OF BIRTH	September 28, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ottawa

[1] 70th anniversary of the Canadian Episcopal Conference. (No longer available online.) Renewedpriesthood.org, September 25, 2013, archived from the original on December 6, 2017 ; accessed on December 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Kingston (Canada) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 28, 2019, accessed March 28, 2019 (Italian).