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1894 - Born on May 7th in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. American Catholic cardinal.
1920 - He entered St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia to study for the Priesthood.
- He was ordained as a priest.
1940 - He was asked to work for Pope Pius XII in Rome as a judge on the Sacred Roman Rota.
1959 - He was the Dean of the Sacra Rota Romana.
1967 - Pope Paul VI nominated Monsignor Brennan and twenty-six others to the College of Cardinals.
- He was consecrated bishop in the Church of Saint Anselmo in Rome.
- He was made a Cardinal of the Church by Pope Paul VI.
- He was made a Cardinal on the same day as Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Poland.
1968 - He became the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
- Died on July 2nd in Philadelphia.
1920 - He entered St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia to study for the Priesthood.
- He was ordained as a priest.
1940 - He was asked to work for Pope Pius XII in Rome as a judge on the Sacred Roman Rota.
1959 - He was the Dean of the Sacra Rota Romana.
1967 - Pope Paul VI nominated Monsignor Brennan and twenty-six others to the College of Cardinals.
- He was consecrated bishop in the Church of Saint Anselmo in Rome.
- He was made a Cardinal of the Church by Pope Paul VI.
- He was made a Cardinal on the same day as Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Poland.
1968 - He became the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
- Died on July 2nd in Philadelphia.
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