Father Charles L. Breindel
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, July 30, 11 a.m., at St. Gregory the Great, Virginia Beach, for Father Charles L. Breindel. Father Breindel, 74, died Saturday, July 16.
A native of St. Marys, Pennsylvania, Father Breindel held two graduate degrees in math and earned a doctorate in health administration and planning from Penn State University in 1978. He earned a bachelor’s in sacred theology from the Catholic University of America in 2000 — the year he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Richmond.
His first assignments were as parochial vicar at St. Edward the Confessor, North Chesterfield (2000-2001), and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newport News (2001-2002).
Father Breindel was named to his first pastorate, Sacred Heart, Danville, in 2002, where he served until 2011. During that time, he was also pastor of St. Paschal Baylon, South Boston, and St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Brookneal (2004-2008).
He served as pastor of Church of the Ascension, Virginia Beach (2011-2013), and Holy Spirit, Christiansburg, and Holy Family, Pearisburg (2013-2015).
Father Breindel chaired the Diocesan Pastoral Planning Commission from 2005 to 2010.