Robert Brom

His Excellency The Most Reverend Robert Henry Brom
Bishop Emeritus of San Diego
See	San Diego
Appointed	April 22, 1989(Coadjutor)
Installed	July 10, 1990
Term ended	September 18, 2013
Predecessor	Leo Thomas Maher
Successor	Cirilo Flores
Other posts	Bishop of Duluth (1983–89)
Orders
Ordination	December 18, 1963
Consecration	May 23, 1983 by John Robert Roach
Personal details
Born	(1938-09-18)September 18, 1938 Arcadia, Wisconsin
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Motto	Ego Sum Christi (English: I Belong to Christ)

Robert Henry Brom (born September 18, 1938) is a U.S. bishop. He was the seventh Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth in Duluth, Minnesota between 1983 until 1989, and the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego in San Diego, California from 1990 to 2013.

Styles of Robert Henry Brom
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	Not applicable

Early life

Brom was born in Arcadia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin on September 18, 1938. He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona in Winona, Minnesota on December 18, 1963. On March 25, 1983, Brom was appointed the Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth. He was consecrated on May 23 of the same year.

On May 1, 1989, Brom was appointed as coadjutor bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego. On July 10, 1990, he was installed as Bishop of San Diego.

Abuse scandal

Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in San Diego diocese

Under Bishop Brom the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego agreed to a $198.1 million settlement to victims of childhood sexual abuse by priests serving in the diocese since its founding in 1935. Bishop Brom apologized and said that the offenders' histories would be made public

High schools and other developments

As bishop, Robert Brom has been responsible for the creation of two Catholic high schools: Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, California, which replaced Marian Catholic High School in Imperial Beach, California, and Cathedral Catholic High School in Carmel Valley, California, which replaced University of San Diego High School. He is also responsible for the creation of a Pastoral Center on Paducah Drive in San Diego after selling the former Chancery to the University of San Diego.

Coadjutor appointed to Roman Catholic diocese of San Diego

On Wednesday, January 4, 2012, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, announced that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Auxiliary Bishop Cirilo Flores of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange as the Coadjutor Bishop to Bishop Brom in the Diocese of San Diego. Flores served as Bishop Brom's chief Vicar General with the automatic right of succession as diocesan Bishop when Bishop Brom retired, died, or became incapacitated (Bishops must normally offer their letter of resignation to the Pope for possible acceptance when they turn 75, though the Pope can defer this, typically for up to a year or two, even with a successor already named).

Pope Francis accepted Brom's resignation on September 18, 2013, and he was succeeded by Bishop Cirilo Flores.

Episcopal succession

Episcopal lineage
Consecrated by:	John Robert Roach
Consecrator of
Bishop	Date of consecration
Salvatore J. Cordileone	August 21, 2002

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Paul Francis Anderson	Bishop of Duluth 1983–1989	Succeeded by Roger Lawrence Schwietz
Preceded by Leo Thomas Maher	Bishop of San Diego 1990–2013	Succeeded by Cirilo Flores