Thomas Francis Brennan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Francis Brennan

American bishop

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1855

Place of Birth: Tipperary, South, Ireland

Date of Death: 20-Mar-1916

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Thomas Francis Brennan (6 October 1855 – 20 March 1916) was an American Catholic bishop who served as the first Catholic bishop of Dallas from 1891 to 1893.Brennan was born at Tipperary, Ireland, and ordained to the priesthood at Brixen-Tyrol on July 4, 1880.
He was consecrated Bishop of Dallas at Erie, Pennsylvania, on April 5, 1891, by Bishop Tobias Mullen.
Two years later, on February 1, 1893, he was transferred to the titular see of Utilla, and was made Auxiliary to Bishop Thomas Joseph Power of St.
John's, Newfoundland.
He was called to Rome in December 1904, and was given the titular see of Cesarea on October 7, 1905.
The last years of his life were spent in the Basilian monastery at Grottaferrata, near Rome, where he died at age 60.