Meet Archbishop Charles Brown, a New York Native and Global Ambassador for the Vatican

| 06/24/2025

By: Mary Shovlain

Archbishop Charles Brown, who was born in Manhattan and raised in Rye, is the Vatican’s ambassador to the Philippines.

During a visit to New York City on Sunday, he concelebrated Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral alongside Cardinal Dolan and took a moment to speak with The Good Newsroom. Learn about his New York roots and how his role as an apostolic nuncio has taken him all across the globe.

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