George Brunner (21 August 1889 – 21 March 1969) was an English

prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Minister (Christianity), Christian clergy who is an Ordinary (church officer), ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which me ...

of the

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. He served as the

Bishop of Middlesbrough The Bishop of Middlesbrough is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough in the Province of Liverpool, England. The diocese covers an area of of the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire together with ...

from 1955 to 1967. Born in

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on 21 August 1889, he was

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to the priesthood on 9 April 1917. He was appointed an

Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside Built up area, built-up area and the Tees Va ...

and

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of ''Elis'' on 22 June 1946. His

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to the

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took place on 25 July 1946, the principal

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was Cardinal

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, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Thomas Shine of Middlesbrough and Bishop Henry Marshall of Salford. Following the death of Bishop Shine in 1955, Brunner was appointed the

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of the

Diocese of Middlesbrough The Diocese of Middlesbrough () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church based in Middlesbrough, England and is part of the province of Liverpool. It was founded on 20 December 1878, with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley which had cover ...

on 4 April 1956. He participated in the first two sessions of the

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, held between in 1962 and 1963. He retired as Bishop of Middlesbrough on 13 June 1967 and appointed

of ''Murustaga''. He died on 21 March 1969, aged 79.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brunner, George 1889 births 1969 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England Participants in the Second Vatican Council Clergy from Kingston upon Hull Roman Catholic bishops of Middlesbrough