Brendan O'Brien (archbishop)

The Most Reverend Brendan Michael O'Brien
Archbishop of Kingston

Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Kingston
In office	June 3, 2007—present
Predecessor	Anthony Giroux Meagher
Successor	incumbent
Orders
Ordination	June 1, 1968
Personal details
Born	(1943-09-28) September 28, 1943 (age 74) Ottawa, Ontario
Previous post	Bishop of Pembroke, Archbishop of St. John's
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Styles of Brendan Michael O'Brien

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace
Religious style	Archbishop

Brendan Michael O'Brien (born September 28, 1943) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of Kingston, having previously served as Archbishop of St. John's and Bishop of Pembroke.

Brendan Michael O'Brien was born in Ottawa, the oldest of the seven children of Redmond and Margaret (née Foran) O'Brien. He attended the University of Ottawa and St. Paul University, from where he earned his licentiates in philosophy and theology, before being ordained to the priesthood on June 1, 1968, at St George's Church (Ottawa).

Father O'Brien then did pastoral work in Ottawa and served as Co-Director of the Diocesan Synod. In 1971 he went to Rome, where he studied at the Pontifical Lateran University's Accademia Alfonsianum, from which he obtained a doctorate in moral theology. O'Brien, upon his return to Canada in 1975, taught at his alma mater of St. Paul University and served as pastor of an Ottawa parish.