Rev. Monsignor William Patrick Brennan to be Honored with a Mass and Dinner

The Rev. Monsignor William Patrick Brennan, the pastor of Parish in Haddonfield for three years and a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Camden for 49 years, will retire on June 30.

Brennan, 75, will celebrate his retirement Mass at 2:30 p.m. June 24 at Christ the King Church. Hundreds of relatives, friends, priests, nuns, deacons, former students and parishioners are expected to attend. A retirement dinner for him will follow at Holy Eucharist Parish Hall in Cherry Hill, where he was pastor before going to Christ the King. Reservations have closed for the dinner.

Brennan was born in 1936 in Staten Island, NY. He studied at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Darlington, NJ. He was ordained a priest in Camden on May 25, 1963. He earned a master’s degree in American history from Villanova University in Radnor Township, PA, in 1967.

He taught history and religion at Gloucester Catholic High School in Gloucester City from 1964 to 1969 and taught history and religion at Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill from 1969 to 1973. He was principal of Gloucester Catholic High School from 1973 to 1976 and principal of Camden Catholic High School from 1976 to 1984. 

He was pastor of Incarnation Parish in Mantua Township from 1985 to 1997 and pastor of St. Pius X Parish, now called Holy Eucharist Parish, from 1997 to 2009. He has been pastor of Christ the King Parish since 2009.

This was submitted by Bob Tulini of Christ the King Church.