William Brady

William Otterwell Ignatius Brady (February 1, 1899 – October 1, 1961) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Sioux Falls in South Dakota (1939–1956) and archbishop of Saint Paul in Minnesota (1956–1961).

Biography

Early life William Brady was born on February 1, 1899, in Fall River, Massachusetts, to John J. and Gladys (née Davol) Brady. He had an older brother Louis and a younger sister Leonora. Brandy attended B.M.C. Durfee High School in Fall River where he was editor of the yearbook during his senior year. After his ordination, the diocese sent him back to Catholic University, where he received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1924.

Bishop of Sioux Falls On June 10, 1939, Pope Pius XII appointed Brady as titular archbishop of Selymbria and bishop of Sioux Falls. He was consecrated on August 24, 1939, by Archbishop John Gregory Murray at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota. On September 21, 1961, he left Minnesota to travel to the Vatican to attend a preparatory meeting of the Pontifical Commission. While flying to Rome from Paris on September 23, he was stricken with coronary thrombosis. After arriving in Rome, he checked into the Salvator Mundi International Hospital in Rome, where he had been driven. After suffering four heart attacks, Brady died at the hospital on October 1, 1961.

Archbishop Brady High School in West Saint Paul, Minnesota, was named after him. Brady Hall and the Brady Educational Center at the University of Saint Thomas are named after him The St. William's Care Center in Milbank, South Dakota, was named in his honor.