On April 10, 1951, Bram was elected on the second ballot, as the Suffragan Bishop of South Florida, during a diocesan convention held in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was consecrated on September 21, 1951, by Henry I. Louttit Sr. of South Florida. He was also active in civil and welfare work. Bram died of a heart attack while attending a retreat at the Good Shepherd Monastery in Orange City, Florida, on February 9, 1956.
