Henry Athanasius Brand was a Rector and Reverand. His family moved to New Jersey when he was twelve. He graduated from Francis Xavier College. He also attended St. Mary's Seminary and the North American College in Rome in 1860. He was ordained in Rome before returning to New Jersey and being ordained in Newark, New Jersey in 1862. He was a part of the New York diocese by 1870. He was a pastor at St. Mary's, St. Peter's, and St. Agnes churches in New Jersey and New York. He helped begin the construction of the St. Cecilia Church in Englewood and three other churches. He also was a professor, teaching philosophy at Seton Hall from 1862 to 1864.
