Greene, Brendan, 1892-1966, Capuchin brother

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