Mark E. Brennan

Mark Edward Brennan (born February 6, 1947) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston since 2019.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1969 from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

He completed one year of philosophy studies at Christ the King Seminary in Buffalo, New York, before assuming residence at the Pontifical North American College in Rome in 1970.

After two years at St. Bartholomew, Archbishop James Aloysius Hickey named Brennan as the director of priestly vocations.

[9]In November 2019, at the request of Francis, Brennan submitted a plan of amends to Bransfield that called him to repay $792,000 to the diocese.

[11] Brennan in February 2021 reinstated the diocesan pastoral council, a lay-people advisory group that had been disbanded by Bransfield.

[12] In 2022, having reached age 75, Brennan submitted his resignation to the Vatican as bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, as dictated by canon law.