Born in
Bath, Somerset on 2 May 1796, Brown was
ordained a
priest of the
Order of Saint Benedict on 12 March 1823. Through reorganisation of the
Catholic Church in England and Wales in 1840, the Welsh District was created out of the Western District. Brown was appointed the
Vicar Apostolic of the Welsh District and
Titular Bishop of
Apollonia on 5 June 1840. He was
consecrated to the
Episcopate on 28 October 1840, the principal
consecrator was Bishop
Thomas Griffiths (
Vicar Apostolic of the London District), and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop
William Wareing (
Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District {of England}) and Bishop
Bernard Collier (
Vicar Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope.) On the
erection of the Catholic Hierarchy in England and Wales, the Welsh District was divided between the dioceses of
Shrewsbury and
Newport and Menevia. Brown was appointed the first
Bishop of Newport and Menevia on 29 September 1850. He died in office on 12 April 1880, aged 83 and is buried at the Benedectine
Belmont Abbey. ==References==