Michael Browne
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Idebessus (titular) |
Michael Cardinal Browne, OP (May 6, 1887—March 31, 1971) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Master General of the Dominicans from 1955 to 1962, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1962.
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[edit] Biography
Michael Browne was born in Grangemockler, County Tipperary, and joined the Order of Friars Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans, in 1903. After studying at Rockwell College, the Dominican convent of St. Clemente in Rome, and the University of Fribourg, he was ordained to the priesthood on May 21, 1910. Browne then taught at the convent in Tallaght, where he was also Master of Novices, until 1919, at which time he became a professor at the Angelicum in Rome. He was the Angelicum's rector magnifico from 1932 to 1941, and Master of the Sacred Palace from 1951 to 1955.
He became Master General of the Dominicans on April 11, 1955, remaining in that position until his resignation in 1962. Before becoming a bishop, he was created Cardinal Deacon of S. Paolo alla Regola by Pope John XXIII in the consistory of March 19, 1962. Browne was later appointed Titular Archbishop of Idebessus on April 5, 1962. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 19 from John XXIII, with Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo and Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella serving as co-consecrators, in the Lateran Basilica.
Browne attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. A stern conservative, he was opposed to the reforms of the Council (including religious liberty[1]) and was a friend of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre[2]. He also was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1963 papal conclave that selected Pope Paul VI. From January 20, 1971 until his death, Browne served as Cardinal Protodeacon.
He died in Rome, at age 83, and is buried in the convent in Tallaght.
[edit] Trivia
- Browne was an uncle of Máire Mhac an tSaoi, wife of Irish iconoclast writer and politician Conor Cruise O'Brien.
- He also served as Prior of the convent of St. Clemente from 1925 to 1930.
[edit] References
- ^ Lefebvre, Marcel. "Religious Liberty Questioned". Kansas City: Angelus Press, 2002.
- ^ SSPX, District of Asia. The New Theology 1998
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| Preceded by Manuel Suárez |
Master General of the Dominican Order 1955–1962 |
Succeeded by Aniceto Fernández Alonso |
