Fresno’s Bishop Brennan on why Archbishop Gomez is his favorite ‘boss’

Few people have worked as closely — and in such different capacities — with Archbishop José H. Gomez over the last 15 years than Bishop Joseph Brennan.

Shortly after he officially began in LA, Archbishop Gomez surprised then-Father Brennan by asking him to serve as his top aide in the archdiocese. Then, in 2015, Pope Francis appointed Brennan and two other priests (a group dubbed “the triplets” by Pope Francis) to serve as auxiliary bishops under Archbishop Gomez.

But even since Brennan left LA to lead the Diocese of Fresno in 2019 (another Pope Francis appointment), the two have maintained their friendship and their working relationship. In 2024, Brennan dedicated his first pastoral letter — which addressed the Eucharist — to Archbishop Gomez, calling him “a great mentor, a good friend, and a lover of Jesus in the Eucharist.”

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