Background
Comiskey, Brendan Oliver was born on August 13, 1935 in Monaghan, Ireland. Son of Patrick Joseph and Clare (McArdle) Comiskey.
Comiskey, Brendan Oliver was born on August 13, 1935 in Monaghan, Ireland. Son of Patrick Joseph and Clare (McArdle) Comiskey.
Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Lateran University, Rome, 1966. Master of Science in Organization Behavior, Trinity College, Dublin, 1979. Doctor of Divinity.
Priest Sacred Hearts Novitiate, Cootehill, County Cavan, 1954-1955, Sacred Hearts Seminary, Wareham, Massachusetts, 1955-1956, Queen of Peace Mission Seminary, Jaffrey Centre, New Hampshire, 1956-1961, Sacred Hearts Comty., Glendora, California, 1961-1964, Erasmo, Rome, Italy, 1964-1966, Sacred Hearts Seminary, Cootehill, County Cavan, 1966-1967, Sacred Hearts Comtys., Cootehill/Maynooth/Dublin, 1969-1979, Cluain Mhuire, Bray, County Wicklow, 1980-1984, Bishop's House, Summerhill/County Wexford, since 1984. Teacher Latin and English, dean Damien High School, La Verne, California, 1961-1964. Teacher moral theology, chairman moral theology department Washington Theological Union.
Elected provincial of Anglo-Irish province of Congregation of Sacred Hearts, secretary general Conference of Major Religious Superiors, 1974. Named auxiliary bishop of Dublin, 1979. Bishop of Ferns, 1984.
Member National Episcopal Conference. Chairman Bishops' Commission for Communications. President Catholic Communications Institute Ireland, since 1980.
Member Bishops' Commission for Ecumenism, since 1984, Joint Commission of Bishops and Religious Superiors, 1974-1995, Commission for Youth, since 1984, Bishops Education Commission, since 1994, Academy Council Irish School of Ecumenics and Glenstal Ecumenical Conference. Founding member, chairman Irish Church's Council for television and Radio Affairs.
National Episcopal Conference, Bishops’ Commission, for Ecumenism, Jt. Commission, of Bishops and Religious Superiors, Commission, for Youth, Academic Council of Irish School of Ecumenics. Standing Committee of Glenstal Ecumenical Conference.