Joseph Bernard Brunini

Joseph Bernard Brunini (July 24, 1909 – January 7, 1996) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Jackson from 1967 to 1984.

Joseph Brunini was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the sixth child of John and Blanche (née Stein) Brunini. His father was the son of Italian immigrants and worked as a lawyer, even founding his own firm, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes; his mother was Jewish. After attending St. Aloysius High School in Vicksburg, he studied at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930. He then furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical North American College and the Propaganda University, earning a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1931. While in Rome, he was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani on December 5, 1933.

Following his return to the United States, Brunini completed his graduate studies at the Catholic University of America and later obtained a Doctor of Canon Law in 1937. He then returned to Mississippi and was named a curate at St. Mary's Cathedral in Natchez, where he became rector in 1943. He was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain in 1944, and served as chancellor (1941-1951) and vicar general (1951-1957) of the Diocese of Natchez. He was made a Domestic Prelate in 1948 and pastor of St. Peter's Cathedral at Jackson in 1949.

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