The Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Manchester, Monsignor Matthew Francis Brady was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and after attending St. Thomas Seminary in Hartford, studied at the American College of the Immaculate Conception in Leuven, Belgium, and at St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, New York. Ordained priest by Bishop John Joseph Nilan on June 10, 1916, during the Great War he served as chaplain in the United States Army. He then did pastoral work in the Diocese of Hartford and served as a professor at St. Thomas Seminary from 1922 till 1932.
Appointed the Fourth Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, by Pope Pius XI, he received his episcopal consecration on October 26, 1938 from Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani assisted by Bishops Maurice F. McAuliffe and Joseph Edward McCarthy. Organizing branches of the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Youth, he erected about a dozen new parishes in such places as Fairfax, Gilman, North Troy, Orleans, and South Burlington.
Named the Fifth Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, by Pope Pius XII on November 11, 1944, during his tenure he presided over a period of unprecedented growth in the Manchester Diocese, founding 27 parishes in 11 years and authorizing the construction of nearly 50 churches and numerous schools, convents, and other facilities. The number of priests and religious in the diocese increased from around 650 to over 1,600. For all these accomplishments he was nicknamed "Brady the Builder." The Bishop passed suddenly away while attending a conference in Burlington.
Appointed the Fourth Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, by Pope Pius XI, he received his episcopal consecration on October 26, 1938 from Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani assisted by Bishops Maurice F. McAuliffe and Joseph Edward McCarthy. Organizing branches of the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Youth, he erected about a dozen new parishes in such places as Fairfax, Gilman, North Troy, Orleans, and South Burlington.
Named the Fifth Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, by Pope Pius XII on November 11, 1944, during his tenure he presided over a period of unprecedented growth in the Manchester Diocese, founding 27 parishes in 11 years and authorizing the construction of nearly 50 churches and numerous schools, convents, and other facilities. The number of priests and religious in the diocese increased from around 650 to over 1,600. For all these accomplishments he was nicknamed "Brady the Builder." The Bishop passed suddenly away while attending a conference in Burlington.
The Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Manchester, Monsignor Matthew Francis Brady was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and after attending St. Thomas Seminary in Hartford, studied at the American College of the Immaculate Conception in Leuven, Belgium, and at St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, New York. Ordained priest by Bishop John Joseph Nilan on June 10, 1916, during the Great War he served as chaplain in the United States Army. He then did pastoral work in the Diocese of Hartford and served as a professor at St. Thomas Seminary from 1922 till 1932.
Appointed the Fourth Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, by Pope Pius XI, he received his episcopal consecration on October 26, 1938 from Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani assisted by Bishops Maurice F. McAuliffe and Joseph Edward McCarthy. Organizing branches of the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Youth, he erected about a dozen new parishes in such places as Fairfax, Gilman, North Troy, Orleans, and South Burlington.
Named the Fifth Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, by Pope Pius XII on November 11, 1944, during his tenure he presided over a period of unprecedented growth in the Manchester Diocese, founding 27 parishes in 11 years and authorizing the construction of nearly 50 churches and numerous schools, convents, and other facilities. The number of priests and religious in the diocese increased from around 650 to over 1,600. For all these accomplishments he was nicknamed "Brady the Builder." The Bishop passed suddenly away while attending a conference in Burlington.
Appointed the Fourth Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, by Pope Pius XI, he received his episcopal consecration on October 26, 1938 from Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani assisted by Bishops Maurice F. McAuliffe and Joseph Edward McCarthy. Organizing branches of the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Youth, he erected about a dozen new parishes in such places as Fairfax, Gilman, North Troy, Orleans, and South Burlington.
Named the Fifth Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, by Pope Pius XII on November 11, 1944, during his tenure he presided over a period of unprecedented growth in the Manchester Diocese, founding 27 parishes in 11 years and authorizing the construction of nearly 50 churches and numerous schools, convents, and other facilities. The number of priests and religious in the diocese increased from around 650 to over 1,600. For all these accomplishments he was nicknamed "Brady the Builder." The Bishop passed suddenly away while attending a conference in Burlington.
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