John Brady (bishop of Boston) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:Right Reverend
John Brady
Bishop of Alabanda
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
Church:Catholic
Archdiocese:Boston
Appointed:19 June 1891
Ordination:4 December 1864
Ordained By:John Francis Whelan
Consecration:5 August 1891
Consecrated By:John Joseph Williams
Birth Date:11 February 1842
Birth Place:Kilnaleck, Ireland
Death Date:6 January 1910
Death Place:Boston, Massachusetts

Fr. John Brady DD (February 11, 1842 – January 6, 1910) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

Brady was born at Crosserlough, County Cavan, Ireland, April 11, 1842. Educated at the local diocesan schools and then completed his theological course at the Missionary College of All Hallows, Dublin, which trained priests for English Speaking communities,[1] where he was ordained priest for the Diocese of Boston, December 4, 1864.[2] He served as a curate in Boston and at Newburyport until 1868, when he was made pastor at Amesbury. He continued in this charge until he was nominated Titular Bishop of Alabanda and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston appointed on June 19, 1891; he was consecrated August 5, 1891.[3]

He died while still in office on January 6, 1910, after a short illness, his funeral mass was celebrated by Archbishop William O'Connell.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Irish Priests in the United States: A Vanishing Subculture by William L. Smith
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbradyj.html John Brady
  3. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02703a.htm Boston
  4. http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=BOSTONSH19100115-01.2.7 The Sacred Heart Review