Suplician Father Gerald L. Brown, who welcomed pope to St. Mary’s seminary, dies at 85 August 19, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sulpician Father Gerald L. Brown was offered Aug. 19 at Our Lady of the Angels in Catonsville. Father Brown died Aug. 11. He was 85. Father Brown was born in Kansas, but raised in San Francisco. He joined the Society of St. Sulpice in 1966 as a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, for which he was ordained in 1964. Among his academic degrees, Father Brown had an master’s in divinity from St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, Calif., where he later served as president-rector (1978-1985 and 2004-2009), and a doctorate in communications from Temple University. In 1985, Father Brown was elected provincial of the U.S. Province of Sulpicians, based in Baltimore. He served two terms in that position (until 1997), during which he expanded the missionary efforts of the province in Central Africa (Zambia) and also in San Antonio, Texas. In addition, he served in several other seminaries during his ministry, including St. Thomas Seminary in Kenmore, Wash., St. Patrick’s College in Mountainview, Calif., Theological College in Washington, D.C., and Assumption Seminary in San Antonio. As provincial, he joined Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler in welcoming Pope St. John Paul II to St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore (1995). Read More Obituaries Jesuit Father Anthony Berret, distinguished English professor, dies at 86 Pallottine Father Peter Sticco, who served at St. Jude Shrine, dies at 84 Pallottine Father Robert J. Nolan, who served at St. Jude’s Shrine, dies at 86 Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84; Catholic leaders praise civil rights leader’s work for justice Deacon Jack Ames, Project Rachel volunteer and educator, dies at 74 Oblate Sister M. Felicia Avila, who ministered at St. Ambrose, dies at 89 Copyright © 2024 Catholic Review Media Print
