Francis Browne

The Reverend Father

Francis Browne

Fr Browne in 1939
ChurchRoman Catholic
ProvinceSociety of Jesus
Orders
Ordination31 July 1915
by Robert Browne
Personal details
Born
Francis Patrick Mary Browne

(1880-01-03)3 January 1880
Cork, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died8 July 1960(1960-07-08) (aged 80)
Dublin, Ireland
BuriedGlasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
DenominationRoman Catholic
ParentsBrigid Hegarty and James Browne
OccupationPriest; photographer of the RMS Titanic
RelativesRobert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne

Francis Patrick Mary Browne, SJ, MC & Bar (3 January 1880 – 7 July 1960) was a distinguished Irish Jesuit and a prolific photographer. His best-known photographs are those of the RMS Titanic and its passengers and crew taken before its sinking in 1912. He was decorated as a military chaplain during the First World War.