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Brendan Greene was born Patrick Joseph Greene on 4 March 1892 in Navan, County Meath. There is little information available about this friar. He ministered for several years at St. Patrick’s Friary in Wilmington, Delaware. He came to the West Coast after the friars withdrew from Wilmington in 1963. He spent some time at St. Francis High School in Flintridge, California. Father Brendan died suddenly on 2 August 1966 while on vacation in Hermiston, Oregon. He is buried at Old Mission Santa Inés, Solvang, California.

Religious name: Br. Brendan Greene OFM Cap.
Baptismal name: Patrick Joseph Greene
Date of birth: 4 Mar. 1892
Name of father: Patrick Greene
Name of mother: Mary Greene (née Gregory)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 17 Sept. 1916
Date first profession: 17 Sept. 1917
Date of final (solemn) profession: 4 Oct. 1922
Missionary activity: Travelled to the new novitiate at Wilmington, Delaware on 4 Oct. 1936.
Date of death: 2 Aug. 1966
Place of death: Hermiston, Oregon (while on vacation. Father Brendan was at the time stationed at Old Mission Santa Inés, California)
Place of burial: Cemetery, Old Mission Santa Inés, Solvang, California

Early Life and Education
Daniel Duffy was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 10 February 1908. At his baptism, he was given the Christian name Thomas. He holds the distinction of being the first locally born vocation for the future Western American Capuchin Province. He was sent to Ireland to pursue his religious formation, where he entered the novitiate and completed his philosophical and theological studies.

Ordination and Ministry
Daniel Duffy was ordained to the priesthood at St. Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny, County Donegal, on 17 June 1934. He returned to the United States in 1935. Known among his fellow friars as ‘Dan’, his early ministry was characterized by diligent work as an associate pastor, during which he frequently conducted missions and novenas.

Pastoral Assignments
• Ukiah, California (1940s–1950s): Spent a significant portion of his ministry serving at St. Mary’s Parish.
• Hermiston, Oregon: Served as an associate pastor across three distinct intervals: briefly in 1952, from 1957 to 1961, and from 1964 to 1965.
• Roseburg, Oregon: Transferred to St. Joseph Parish for what would be his final active pastoral assignment.

Late Life and Death
While serving in Roseburg, Father Duffy suffered a stroke, leading to a rapid decline in his health. He was subsequently transferred to a care facility in Beaverton, Oregon. Despite being confined to a wheelchair, he continued to offer Mass whenever his strength permitted and received regular visits from his fellow Friars. After receiving the Sacrament of the Sick, Father Duffy died peacefully on 14 December 1967. He is buried in Roseburg, Oregon.

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Sixtus V first erected by a Brief of 17 May, 1586, and afterwards, by the Constitution "Immensa", confirmed, a congregation "super consultationibus regularium" distinct from the congregation "super consultationibus episcoporum et aliorum prælatorum" mentioned in the same Constitution. In 1601 these two congregations were already combined in the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, to which, in course of time, were united three other congregations whose functions were closely related. These three were: the Congregation on the State of Religious (super statu regularium), created by Innocent X on 15 August, 1652, for the reformation of regulars in Italy, and suppressed by Innocent XII on 4 August, 1698; the Congregation on Regular Discipline (super disciplina regulari), instituted by Innocent XII on 18 July, 1695, for the reformation of regulars not only in Italy but throughout the whole world; the Congregation on the State of the Regular Orders (super statu regularium ordinum), created by Pius IX on 17 June, 1847. The last-named and the one on regular discipline were suppressed by Pius X, by the Motu Proprio of 26 May, 1906, which united these congregations with that of Bishops and Regulars. The new Constitution of Pius X abolishes the Congregation of Regulars and Bishops and transfers that part of its business which concerns bishops to the Congregation of the Council, and that part of it which concerns regulars to a congregation (oongregatio negotiis religiosorum sodalium præposita) created by the new Constitution, and which by common usage sanctioned by the legend on the official seal of the congregation, has received the name of Congregatio of Religious.

This body has the usual organization of the Roman Congregations. It is formed of several cardinals, who are chosen by the pope, and one of whom is the prefect of the congregation; these cardinals are assisted by a secretary and a sub-secretary, who are the major officials of the congregation, and by several minor officials. In regard to the latter it is to be noted that, as the amount of its business necessitates a division of the congregation into three parts (as in the case of the Congregation of the Sacraments), the highest dignitaries among the minor officials are the three assistants who are placed over the three sections. One of these sections has to deal with matters relating to religious orders; another, with the business of religious congregations or associations of men, of whatever nature those associations may be; the third, with business relating to congregations of women. This congregation also has a college of consultors.

The Constitution of Pius X clearly defines the competency of this congregation, which is to pass judgment upon all matters relating to religious persons of either sex, whether bound by solemn or by simple vows, or to those persons who, although they be not religious in the canonical sense of the word, live as religious — such as the oblates of certain communities of men or of women, who, without being bound by vows, live a common life under an approved rule. The third orders, consisting of seculars, are also under this congregation. It decides in litigations between members of religious orders, or between religious and bishops, and it is the competent tribunal in eases which have to be dealt with in the way of discipline (in via disciplinari) where a religious appears either as plaintiff or as defendant. Hence it is to be inferred, and indeed is expressly stated in the Constitution, that causes which have to be dealt with in the judicial way must be referred to the Rota, the rights of the Holy Office being always safeguarded. Finally, all common law dispensations to regulars pertain to this congregation, excepting dispensation from the Eucharistic fast, which, as said above, pertains to the Congregation of the Sacraments. The Congregatio of Religious is alone competent to approve new religions institutes and their constitutions, as well as to modify institutes already approved, and these being matters of grave importance, the full congregation deals with them.

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The great apostasy of the sixteenth century, the filtration of heresy into Catholic lands, and the progress of heterodox teachings everywhere, prompted Paul III to establish the "Sacra Congregatio Romanae et universalis Inquisitionis seu sancti officii" by the Constitution "Licet ab initio" of 21 July, 1542. This inquisitional tribunal, composed of six cardinals, was to be at once the final court of appeal for trials concerning faith, and the court of first instance for cases reserved to the pope. The succeeding popes — especially Pius IV (by the Constitutions "Pastoralis Oficii" of 14 October, 1562, "Romanus Pontifex" of 7 April, 1563, "Cum nos per" of 1564, "Cum inter crimina" of 27 August, 1562) and Pius V (by a Decree of 1566, the Constitution "Inter multiplices" of 21 December, 1566, and "Cum felicis record." of 1566) — made further provision for the procedure and competency of this court. By his Constitution "Immensa aeterni" of 23 January, 1587, Sixtus V became the real organizer, or rather reorganizer of this congregation.

The Holy Office is first among the Roman congregations. Its personnel includes judges, officials, consultors, and qualificators. The real judges are cardinals nominated by the pope, whose original number of six was raised by Pius IV to eight and by Sixtus V to thirteen. Their actual number depends on the reigning pope (Benedict XIV, Constitution "Sollicita et Provida", 1733). This congregation differs from the others, inasmuch as it has no cardinal-prefect: the pope always presides in person when momentous decisions are to be announced (coram Sanctissimo). The solemn plenary session on Thursdays is always preceded by a session of the cardinals on Wednesdays, at the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, and a meeting of the consultors on Mondays at the palace of the Holy Office. The highest official is the commissarius sancti oficii, a Dominican of the Lombard province, to whom two coadjutors are given from the same order. He acts as the proper judge throughout the whole case until the plenary session exclusive, thus conducting it up to the verdict. The assessor sancti officii, always one of the secular clergy, presides at the plenary sessions. The promotor fiscalis is at once prosecutor and fiscal representative, while the advocatus reorum undertakes the defence of the accused. The duty of the consultors is to afford the cardinals expert advice. They may come from the secular clergy or the religious orders, but the General of the Dominicans, the magister sacri palatii, and a third member of the same order are always ex-officio consultors (consultores nati). The qualificators are appointed for life, but give their opinions only when called upon. The Holy Office has jurisdiction over all Christians and, according to Pius IV, even over cardinals. In practice, however, the latter are held exempt. For its authority, see the aforesaid Constitution of Sixtus V "Immensa aeterni" (see ROMAN CONGREGATIONS).