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Fallece Obispo Emérito Robert Brom

(SAN DIEGO) – El día de hoy el obispo de San Diego, Robert McElroy, emitió un comunicado en el que anuncia que el obispo Emérito Robert Brom ha fallecido. Tenía 83 años de edad.

“Es con profunda tristeza que anunció el fallecimiento del obispo Robert Brom esta mañana en su casa. El obispo Brom fue párroco, maestro y siervo fiel de la comunidad católica en los condados de San Diego e Imperial durante 23 años. Supervisó la construcción de muchas hermosas iglesias de nuestra diócesis, así como el establecimiento de dos magníficos campus de secundaria/preparatoria. Era un maestro por naturaleza que trabajaba de manera constante para llevar la eclesiología del Concilio Vaticano II al corazón de la Diócesis de San Diego. Esta dedicación al Consejo también enmarcó su servicio de toda la vida en la formación de hombres para el sacerdocio.

“El profundo amor del obispo Brom por nuestras parroquias y la visión pastoral se complementaron con una gran capacidad administrativa para guiar a San Diego a través de años de alegrías y dificultades. Durante sus años de retiro, el obispo Brom intensificó el ministerio carcelario que él mismo comenzó cuando era Obispo, así como su servicio a las Misioneras de la Caridad”.

El obispo Brom nació en Arcadia, Wisconsin, el 18 de septiembre de 1938. Fue ordenado sacerdote de la diócesis de Winona, Minnesota el 18 de diciembre de 1963. En 1983, San Juan Pablo lo nombró obispo de Duluth y luego obispo auxiliar de San Diego el 22 de abril de 1989. El obispo Brom se convirtió en obispo de San Diego el 10 de julio de 1990 y se jubiló el 18 de septiembre de 2013.

El funeral para el obispo Brom se llevará a cabo el martes, 17 de mayo a las 11 a.m. en la Iglesia de Santa Teresa de Carmel en Del Mar Heights; Misa que será transmitida en vivo. El entierro será en el Cementerio Holy Cross.

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