Leo Joseph Brust

Most Reverend

Leo Joseph Brust
Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee
In officeAugust 22, 1969 - April 16, 1991
Orders
OrdinationMay 30, 1942
ConsecrationOctober 16, 1969
Personal details
Born(1916-01-07)January 7, 1916
St. Francis, Wisconsin
DiedJanuary 31, 1995(1995-01-31) (aged 79)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
DenominationCatholic Church

Leo Joseph Brust (January 7, 1916 – January 31, 1995) was the Roman Catholic titular bishop of Suelli who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Biography

Born in St. Francis, Wisconsin, Brust was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1942.

In 1964, in his role as chancellor for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Monsignor Brust opposed efforts led by Milwaukee’s black community to integrate the school system by enforcing an order to keep Catholic parishes and schools from participating in a school boycott and then later prohibiting Fr. James Groppi and Fr. William Whelan from participating in the boycott.[1]

On August 22, 1969, Pope Paul VI appointed Brust auxiliary bishop and he was consecrated on October 16, 1969.

Bishop Brust retired on April 16, 1991.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Patrick D. Jones, The Selma of the North: Civil Rights Insurgency in Milwaukee (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009), 105-106.
  2. ^ Leo Joseph Brust


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