Background
Brewer, John was born on November 24, 1929 in Manchester, England. Son of Eric Winston and Laura Helena (Webster) Brewer.
Brewer, John was born on November 24, 1929 in Manchester, England. Son of Eric Winston and Laura Helena (Webster) Brewer.
Philosophy, Gregorian University, Rome, 1953. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Gregorian University, Rome, 1957. Juris Canonici Licentiatus, Gregorian University, Rome, 1959.
He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Shrewsbury, where he became Auxiliary Bishop on 28 July 1971. Bishop Brewer became Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster on 15 November 1983 and, following the retirement of Bishop Brian Charles Foley, was installed as Bishop of Lancaster on 22 May 1985. He died of cancer, while still in office, on 10 June 2000 and was succeeded on 4 July 2001 by Bishop Patrick O"Donoghue.