Fr. Thomas Brenberger, C.PP.S., 84, died at 3:10 p.m. on July 22, 2024 in the infirmary of St. Charles Center, Carthagena, Ohio.

Fr. Brenberger was born on October 24, 1939, in Dayton. He entered Brunnerdale, the Congregation’s high school seminary near Canton, Ohio, in 1953 and was ordained on June 4, 1966.

After his ordination he served for five years as a missionary to Peru. From 1971-76 he was associate pastor of St. John the Baptist Church in Whiting, Ind. Fr. Brenberger served as associate pastor of St. Anthony Church in Falls Church, Va., from 1976-80. In 1980, he was appointed local C.PP.S. director at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He returned to St. Anthony in Falls Church as its pastor from 1982-89.

In 1990, Fr. Brenberger was named a campus minister and instructor of religion at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Ind., which is sponsored by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. He returned to parish work in 1993 when he was named pastor of St. Augustine Church in Minster, Ohio. In 2000, he became pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Celina, Ohio, and St. Teresa Church in Rockford, Ohio. In 2010, Fr. Brenberger became senior associate at Marion Catholic Community, Maria Stein, Ohio, where he enjoyed 10 happy years of ministry alongside the pastor, Fr. Gene Schnipke, C.PP.S.

In 2020, Fr. Brenberger retired to St. Charles, and also served as local director. Until recently, when his good health finally failed him, he continued in parish ministry, especially at Immaculate Conception in Celina, St. Teresa in Rockford, Our Lady of Guadalupe in Montezuma, Ohio; and other parishes of the St. Isadore the Farmer family of parishes.