Joseph Vincent Brennan

Joseph Vincent Brennan (born March 20, 1954) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Fresno since 2019.

[1] The archdiocese in 2004 transferred Brennan from St. Linus to Holy Trinity Catholic Parish in San Pedro, California.

At that time, he became priest in residence at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and at Mother of Sorrows Catholic Parish.

[5] In August 2022, Brennan marched with farm workers in support of the 2022 Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act enacted by the California State Legislature.

He claimed that embryonic stem cells used in the development of these vaccines violated Catholic ethics.