| Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
| Brian Alan Nunes | |
| Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles Titular Bishop of Kearney | |
| Church: | Catholic |
| Archdiocese: | Los Angeles |
| Appointed: | July 18, 2023 |
| Enthroned: | September 26, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | David G. O'Connell |
| Other Post: | Titular Bishop of Kearney Priest-secretary to Archbishop José Gómez vice-chancellor, vicar general, and moderator of the curia, Archdiocese of Los Angeles |
| Ordination: | May 31, 2008 |
| Consecration: | September 26, 2023 |
| Consecrated By: | José Horacio Gómez, Gerald Eugene Wilkerson, and Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan |
| Birth Date: | 26 October 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Inglewood, California |
| Alma Mater: | Servite High School Loyola Marymount University St. John's Seminary |
| Motto: | In Mundum Universum Praedicate Evangelium (Preach the Gospel to the whole world) |
| Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Brian Alan Nunes, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles.svg |
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Brian Alan Nunes (born October 26, 1964) is a priest of the Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California since 2023.[1]
Brian Nunes was born on October 26, 1964, in Inglewood, California, the oldest of four children born to immigrant parents from Hong Kong.[2] [3] He attended elementary school at St. Joseph School in Placentia, California, and Servite High School in Anaheim, California. He the entered Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, earning a Bachelor of Arts in communications in 1986.[4]
Nunes then worked in print journalism for a number of years, including 12 years at Business Wire, where he transitioned into technical support and network administration. Finding this work unsatisfying, he decided to become a priest. Nunes then entered St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a Master of Divinity in 2008.
Nunes was ordained a priest by Archbishop Roger Mahony on May 31, 2008, for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.[5]
After his 2008 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Nunes as a parochial vicar and administrator of Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Los Angeles. From 2015 to 2019, he served the priest-secretary of Archbishop José Gómez. In 2020 Gomez appointed him as vicar general and moderator of the curia of the archdiocese.[6]
On July 18, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Nunes as an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles and the titular bishop of Kearney. [7] Gómez consecrated Nunes as a bishop on September 26, 2023, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, with Bishop Gerald Wilkerson and Auxiliary Bishop Alejandro Aclan as co-consecrators.[8]