 He was the second Bishop of Hawaii since the Missionary District of Honolulu was granted status as a diocese in 1969.Overall, he was the sixth bishop since 1862 when Bishop Thomas Nettleship Staley arrived in Honolulu at the invitation of Hawaii's King Kamehameha IV.Browning succeeded Bishop E. Lani Hanchett, who had died in office the previous year at the age of 56.