James Joseph MacNamee
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James Joseph MacNamee | |
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Born | Fintona | 11 December 1876
Died | 24 April 1966 | (aged 89)
Education | St Macartan's College, Monaghan; St Patrick's College, Maynooth |
Occupation | Roman Catholic Bishop |
Title | Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise |
Term | 1927–1966 |
Predecessor | Joseph Hoare |
Successor | Cahal Daly |
James Joseph MacNamee was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the 20th Century.[1]
McNamee was born at Fintona on 11 December 1876. He was educated at St Macartan's College, Monaghan and St Patrick's College, Maynooth.[2] After curacies at Clones and Monaghan he was Administrator of Monaghan then Parish Priest at Clones.
MacNamee was appointed Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise on 20 June 1927[3] and consecrated on 31 July that year.[4] He died on 24 April 1966 and was succeeded by Cahal Daly, later Archbishop of Armagh.[5]
References
- ^ Ask about Ireland
- ^ Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. p. 73. ISBN 1870963008.
- ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Armagh Archdiocese
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