Career
Born in Mayglass, County Wexford, Ireland on 28 August 1842, Browne was ordained to the priesthood on 25 December 1865. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Ferns on 6 July 1884 and consecrated on 14 September 1884 by James Lynch, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. Browne died in office on 21 June 1917, aged 74 years old.