Charles Arthur Brown
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The Most Reverend Charles A. Brown, M.M. |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Titular See of Vallis |
| Appointed | November 29, 1956 |
| In office | February 27, 1957 - August 1995 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 9, 1946 |
| Consecration | February 27, 1957 by Francis Spellman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 20, 1919 Bronx, New York |
| Died | May 14, 1997 (aged 77) Tarrytown, New York |
| Motto |
Facere Voluntatem Tuam (To Do Thy Will) |
Charles Arthur Brown, M.M. (August 20, 1919 – May 14, 1997) was an American-born Catholic missionary and bishop. As a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll) he was assigned to missions in Bolivia. He served as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz from 1957 to 1997.
Charles Brown was born in the Highbridge section of the Bronx, New York to James and Mary Jane (Sullivan) Brown and was one of 11 children. He was educated at Sacred Heart School and Cathedral College, a minor seminary for the Archdiocese of New York. He entered Maryknoll following graduation and entered Venard Apostolic College in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. He completed his studies for the priesthood at Maryknoll Seminary in New York before being ordained a priest on June 9, 1946.
Brown spent his entire career in the Maryknoll Misson in Bolivia. He did pastoral work in Cochabamba before being the named the National Director of Vocations by the Bolivian bishops in 1953. In the fall of the same year, he became pastor at St. Peter's parish in La Paz. Brown also held Maryknoll leadership positions in South America.
Pope Pius XII appointed Brown as the Titular Bishop of Vallis and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz on November 29, 1956. He was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Francis Spellman at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on February 27, 1957. The principal co-consecrators were New York Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Flannelly and Coadjutor Bishop Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo of Santa Cruz. He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). He served the diocese, and later, Archdiocese of Santa Cruz as vicar general and helped to organize a pre-seminary. He remained as the auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II in August 1995.
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