Background
Brendan John Cahill was born in Coral Gables, Florida.
Brendan John Cahill was born in Coral Gables, Florida.
He attended Saint Cecilia Catholic School and graduated from Saint Thomas High School in Houston, Texas.
He is the third bishop of the Diocese of Victoria in Texas. He spent a year at Rice University before he entered Saint Mary"s Seminary/University of Saint Thomas in Houston. Cahill earned a bachelor"s degree in psychology (1985) and a master of divinity (1990) from Saint Thomas.
He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Galveston-Houston on May 19, 1990.
Cahill went on to earn a master of theology degree from Xavier University of Louisiana (1993), specializing on the experience and theology of African-American Catholics, and a doctorate in dogmatic theology (1999) from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. After ordination, Cahill served as curate at Saint Frances Cabrini Parish in Houston from 1990 to 1992 and at Christ the Good Shepherd in Spring, Texas from 1992 to 1998.
He joined the faculty of Saint Mary Seminary in Houston in 1998 and continued until 2001 when he became rector and served in that position until 2010. That year Cahill became the director of the Secretariat for Clergy Formation and Chaplaincy Services of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
He speaks English, Spanish and Italian, and has a working knowledge of French and German.
Pope Francis named Cahill bishop of Victoria, Texas, on April 23, 2015. He was consecrated on June 29, 2015 by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston. Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, and Bishop Emeritus David Fellhauer of Victoria in Texas were the co-consecrators.
The liturgy was celebrated in Our Lady of Victory Cathedral in Victoria.
Cahill also served as an associate chaplain of the Knights of Malta, of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher, and he is a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus.
