Father Armand "Bud" L. Brooks

Father Armand “Bud” Brooks Funeral Mass will be livestreamed below, starting at 10:00 AM Saturday September 23, 2023.

Reverend Armand (Bud) Brooks of Hankinson, ND died at a Fargo hospital on September 19, 2023 at 82 years of age.

A funeral vigil will be held at 7:00 PM on Friday, September 22nd at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Fargo. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Saturday, September 23 at 10:00 AM at the Cathedral of St. Mary with Bishop John Folda presiding.

Father Brooks was born on March 19, 1941 in Waterbury, CT. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Fargo on May 31, 1997, at the Cathedral of St. Mary. After ordination, Father Brooks served as parochial vicar at the Cathedral of St. Mary and at St. William’s church in Argusville, and was appointed parochial vicar of St. Therese the Little Flower church in Rugby.

Father Brook’s became administrator for the parishes of St. Ann’s in Belcourt and St. John’s in St. John, and was eventually named the pastor for those same parishes. His next assignment came as pastor of St. James church in Page, St. Agatha’s church in Hope, and St. Olaf’s church in Finley.

Father Brooks was appointed parochial vicar for St. Mary’s church in Grand Forks, and eventually became the chaplain for the Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen (OSF) in Hankinson, where he served until his death.