Senior Consultor

Rev. Phillip J. Brown, JCD

Profession/Ordination:

• Member of the Society of Saint Sulpice
• Priest of the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota, ordained 1989

Canonical Education:

• JCL, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 1997
  
• JCD, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 1999

Experience in Ministry and Especially Canon Law:

Current:
• Assistant Professor of Canon Law, School of Canon Law-The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
• Canonical Consultant: Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archdiocese of Boston, Diocese of Wilmington, St. Mary’s Seminary & University (Baltimore), Order of the Most Holy Trinity, Conception Abbey Seminary/Conception Abbey (MO), The Jospehites, JP Morgan Chase Banks
• Canonical Consultant for numerous individuals accused of delicts, and concerning other individual canonical issues.
• Finance Council-The Society of St. Sulpice

Prior:
• Tribunal Judge, Diocese of Bismarck (1999-2001)
• Adjutant Judicial Vicar, Diocese of Bismark (1999)
• Professor of Canon Law, St. Mary’s Seminary & University (2001-2006)
• Dean, School of Theology, St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Baltimore, MD (2004-2006)
• Pastor-St. Wenceslaus Church, Dickinson, ND (1999-2001)
• Pastor-St. Philomena Church, Glenburn, ND (1990-1995)
• Chaplain-Bishop Ryan HS, Minot, ND (1989-2005)
• Chair-Priests Personnel Board, Diocese of Bismarck (1992-1995)
• North Dakota Catholic Conference: Holiness of Human Life Committee (1991-95); Board of Directors (1999-2001)
• Priests’ Benefit Association (Retirement Board)-Diocese of Bismarck (1990-95; 1999-2001)
• Vocation Team-Diocese of Bismarck (1993-95)
• Board of Directors-Abused Women’s Resource Center, Minot, ND (1991-95)
• Advisory Board-Clinical Pastoral Education Program, Trinity Hospital, Minot, ND (1992-95)
• School Board-Trinity High School, Dickinson, ND (1999-2001)

Service to the Society:

• Member since 1999
• Chair, Canon & Civil Law Committee (2003-2008)
• Pre-Convention Workshop "51 to 1: Issues in Canon and Civil Law" (2005)
  

Publications:

• “Canon 17 CIC 1983 and the Hermeneutical Principles of Bernard Lonergan,” Tesi Gregoriana, 1999
• “The Role of Canon Law in Seminary Formation,” Bulletin Saint Sulpice, 2002/03
• “The Interpretation of Canon Law: A Concise History from Gratian to CIC 1983,” Appolinaris, Spring 2004
• Other articles submitted and awaiting publication for the Dioccionario General de Derecho Canónico of The University of Navarra, and for The Jurist.

Other:

• Practiced civil law-Bismarck, ND (1979-1985)
•  Trial and appellate experience in all state and federal courts in ND.
• Member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court (1987-prsent)
• Member: The United States Supreme Court Historical Society
• Law Intern-U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Prisons-Regional Office, Kansas City, MO.
• Special Assistant Attorney General-State of North Dakota State Pardon Board; Parole & Probation Dept.
• Advisory Boards: Early Childhood Development Program (Bismarck, ND), Abused Women’s Resource Closet (Bismarck, ND), Native American Urban Re-Location Program (Bismarck, ND), Laotian/Southeast Asia Mutual Assistance Association (Bismarck, ND)