Brian Nunes

Styles of
**Brian Nunes**
Styles of; Brian Nunes
Reference style	His Excellency ; The Most Reverend ;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Brian Alan Nunes
His Excellency, The Most Reverend ; Brian Alan Nunes
Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles ; Titular Bishop of Kearney
Church	Catholic
Archdiocese	Los Angeles
Appointed	July 18, 2023
Installed	September 26, 2023
Predecessor	David G. O'Connell
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Kearney ; Priest-secretary to Archbishop José Gómez ; vice-chancellor, vicar general, and moderator of the curia, Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Orders
Ordination	May 31, 2008
Consecration	September 26, 2023; by José Horacio Gómez, Gerald Eugene Wilkerson, and Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan
Personal details
Born	October 26, 1964 (age 59); Inglewood, California
Alma mater	Servite High School ; Loyola Marymount University ; St. John's Seminary
Motto	In Mundum Universum Praedicate Evangelium; (Preach the Gospel to the whole world)
Coat of arms

Last updated April 04, 2024

Brian Alan Nunes (born October 26, 1964) is a priest of the Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California since 2023.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Brian Nunes was born on October 26, 1964, in Inglewood, California, the oldest of four children born to immigrant parents from Hong Kong.^[2]^[3] He attended elementary school at St. Joseph School in Placentia, California, and Servite High School in Anaheim, California. He the entered Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, earning a Bachelor of Arts in communications in 1986.^[4]

Nunes then worked in print journalism for a number of years, including 12 years at Business Wire, where he transitioned into technical support and network administration.^[3] Finding this work unsatisfying, he decided to become a priest. Nunes then entered St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a Master of Divinity in 2008.^[4]

Priesthood

Nunes was ordained a priest by Archbishop Roger Mahony on May 31, 2008, for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.^[5]

After his 2008 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Nunes as a parochial vicar and administrator of Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Los Angeles. From 2015 to 2019, he served the priest-secretary of Archbishop José Gómez. In 2020 Gomez appointed him as vicar general and moderator of the curia of the archdiocese.^[6]

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles

On July 18, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Nunes as an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles and the titular bishop of Kearney.^[1]^[7] Gómez consecrated Nunes as a bishop on September 26, 2023, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, with Bishop Gerald Wilkerson and Auxiliary Bishop Alejandro Aclan as co-consecrators.^[8]

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References

1 2 "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
↑ "Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA Archdiocese". Angelus. 2023-07-18. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
1 2 "Fr. Brian Nunes - Archdiocese of Los Angeles Vocations". Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
1 2 "Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Los Angeles". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
↑ "Bishop Brian Alan Nunes [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
↑ Holman, Jim (2020-08-22). "Father Brian Nunes L.A.'s next vicar general, Father Parker Sandoval is new vice chancellor". California Catholic Daily. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
↑ "Pope picks four LA County priests to become auxiliary bishops". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
↑ "Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA Archdiocese". Angelus. 2023-07-18. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles Official Site

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by -	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles 2023-Present	Succeeded by -

[:0-1] 1 2 "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[:3-2] "Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA Archdiocese". Angelus. 2023-07-18. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[:1-3] 1 2 "Fr. Brian Nunes - Archdiocese of Los Angeles Vocations". Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

[:2-4] 1 2 "Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Los Angeles". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[5] "Bishop Brian Alan Nunes [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

[6] Holman, Jim (2020-08-22). "Father Brian Nunes L.A.'s next vicar general, Father Parker Sandoval is new vice chancellor". California Catholic Daily. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[7] "Pope picks four LA County priests to become auxiliary bishops". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved July 18, 2023.

[8] "Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA Archdiocese". Angelus. 2023-07-18. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

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