{{Short description|American Roman Catholic bishop (born 1964)}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific_prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = Brian Nunes | title = Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles | church = Catholic | archdiocese = Los Angeles | appointed = July 18, 2023 | enthroned = | retired = | predecessor = | successor = | other_post = Titular Bishop of Kearney | previous_post = | ordination = May 31, 2008 | ordained_by = Roger Mahony | consecration = September 26, 2023 | consecrated_by = José Horacio Gómez, Gerald Eugene Wilkerson, and Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|26}} | birth_place = Inglewood, California | alma_mater = Servite High School <br> Loyola Marymount University <br> St. John's Seminary | motto = ''In mundum universum praedicate evangelium''<br>(Preach the gospel to the whole world) | coat_of_arms = }}
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'''Brian Alan Nunes''' (born October 26, 1964) is a priest of the Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California since 2023.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Rinunce e nomine |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/07/18/0514/01146.html |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=press.vatican.va}}</ref>
== Biography ==
=== Early life === Brian Nunes was born on October 26, 1964, in Inglewood, California, the oldest of four children born to immigrant parents from Hong Kong and Macau of Portuguese heritage.<ref name="coa">{{cite web |title=Bishop Nunes’ Coat of Arms |url=https://lacatholics.org/bishop-nunes-coat-of-arms/ |website=LA Catholics |access-date=29 January 2026}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-18 |title=Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA Archdiocese |url=https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/four-new-auxiliary-bishops-la/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718145135/https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/four-new-auxiliary-bishops-la/ |archive-date=18 July 2023 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Angelus |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Fr. Brian Nunes - Archdiocese of Los Angeles Vocations |url=https://lavocations.org/people/fr-brian-nunes |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Archdiocese of Los Angeles}}</ref> He attended elementary school at St. Joseph School in Placentia, California, and Servite High School in Anaheim, California. He then entered Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, earning a Bachelor of Arts in communications in 1986.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Los Angeles |url=https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/pope-francis-names-new-auxiliary-bishops-los-angeles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718143610/https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/pope-francis-names-new-auxiliary-bishops-los-angeles |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=US Conference of Catholic Bishops |language=en}}</ref>
Nunes then worked in print journalism for a number of years, including 12 years at Business Wire, where he transitioned into technical support and network administration.<ref name=":1" /> Finding this work unsatisfying, he decided to become a priest. Nunes then entered St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and a Master of Divinity in 2008.<ref name=":2" />
=== Priesthood === Nunes was ordained a priest by Archbishop Roger Mahony on May 31, 2008, for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop Brian Alan Nunes [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnunesb.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> After his 2008 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Nunes as a parochial vicar and administrator of Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Los Angeles. From 2015 to 2019, he served as the priest-secretary of Archbishop José Gómez. In 2020, Gomez appointed him as vicar general and moderator of the curia of the archdiocese.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holman |first=Jim |date=2020-08-22 |title=Father Brian Nunes L.A.'s next vicar general, Father Parker Sandoval is new vice chancellor |url=https://www.cal-catholic.com/father-brian-nunes-l-a-s-next-vicar-general-father-parker-sandoval-is-new-vice-chancellor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718171040/https://www.cal-catholic.com/father-brian-nunes-l-a-s-next-vicar-general-father-parker-sandoval-is-new-vice-chancellor/ |archive-date=18 July 2023 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=California Catholic Daily |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles === On July 18, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Nunes as an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles and the titular bishop of Kearney.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Pope picks four LA County priests to become auxiliary bishops |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2023/07/18/pope-picks-four-la-county-priests-to-become-auxiliary-bishops/ |accessdate=July 18, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Daily News}}</ref> Gómez consecrated Nunes as a bishop on September 26, 2023, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, with Bishop Gerald Wilkerson and Auxiliary Bishop Alejandro Aclan as co-consecrators.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-18 |title=Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA Archdiocese |url=https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/four-new-auxiliary-bishops-la/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718145135/https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/four-new-auxiliary-bishops-la/ |archive-date=18 July 2023 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Angelus |language=en-US}}</ref>
== See also == {{div col}} * Catholic Church hierarchy * Catholic Church in the United States * Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States * List of Catholic bishops of the United States * Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops {{div col end}}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://lacatholics.org/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles Official Site]
==Episcopal succession== {{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box |title=Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles |before= - |after= - |years= 2023-Present | }} {{s-end}}
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