Robert Brom
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Robert Henry Brom |
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| Bishop Emeritus of San Diego | |
| Archdiocese | Los Angeles |
| Diocese | San Diego |
| Appointed | April 22, 1989 (Coadjutor) |
| Installed | July 10, 1990 |
| Term ended | September 18, 2013 |
| Predecessor | Leo Thomas Maher |
| Successor | Cirilo Flores |
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| Ordination | December 18, 1963 |
| Consecration | May 23, 1983 by John Robert Roach, Loras Joseph Watters, and Paul Francis Anderson |
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September 18, 1938 Arcadia, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Previous post | Bishop of Duluth (1983–89) |
| Motto | Ego Sum Christi (English: I Belong to Christ) |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | John Robert Roach (Saint Paul and Minneapolis) |
| Date of consecration | July 10, 1990 |
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Bishops consecrated by Robert Brom as principal consecrator
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| Salvatore J. Cordileone | August 21, 2002 |
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Styles of Robert Henry Brom |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Robert Henry Brom (born September 18, 1938) is a U.S. bishop. He was the seventh Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth in Duluth, Minnesota between 1983 until 1989, and the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego in San Diego, California from 1990 to 2013.
Brom was born in Arcadia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin on September 18, 1938. He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona in Winona, Minnesota on December 18, 1963. On March 25, 1983, Brom was appointed the Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth. He was consecrated on May 23 of the same year.
On April 22, 1989, Brom was appointed as coadjutor bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego. On July 10, 1990, he was installed as Bishop of San Diego.
Under Bishop Brom the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego agreed to a $198.1 million settlement to victims of childhood sexual abuse by priests serving in the diocese since its founding in 1935. Bishop Brom apologized and said that the offenders' histories would be made public
As bishop, Robert Brom has been responsible for the creation of two Catholic high schools: Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, California, which replaced Marian Catholic High School in Imperial Beach, California, and Cathedral Catholic High School in Carmel Valley, California, which replaced University of San Diego High School. He is also responsible for the creation of a Pastoral Center on Paducah Drive in San Diego after selling the former Chancery to the University of San Diego.
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