William Brady

William Otterwell Ignatius Brady (February 1, 1899 – October 1, 1961) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Sioux Falls (1939–1956) and Archbishop of Saint Paul (1956–1961). Biography William Brady was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, to John J. and Gladys (née Davol) Brady. He had an older brother, Louis, and a younger sister, Leonora. He attended B.M.C. Durfee High School, where he was editor of the yearbook during his senior year. From 1916 to 1918, he attended St. Charles College in Catonsville, Maryland. He continued his studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore (1918–1920) and at the Theological College of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. (1920–1923). While at the Sulpician Seminary, Brady accepted an offer from Archbishop Austin Dowling to join the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul in Minnesota. He was ordained to the priesthood on December 21, 1923, in Fall River, Massachusetts. Brady earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from the Catholic University of America in 1924. In August of that year, he was sent to further his studies in Rome at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, better known as the Angelicum. He later earned his Doctor of Sacred Theology summa cum laude in 1926. Upon his return to Minnesota in 1926, he became a professor of moral and pastoral theology at Saint Paul Seminary. Brady became rector of the Saint Paul Seminary in 1933 and remained in that position until 1939.