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James Joseph MacNamee

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James Joseph MacNamee
Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise
In office 20 June 1927 – 24 April 1966
Predecessor Joseph Hoare
Successor Cahal Daly
Orders
Ordination 17 June 1900
by William Walsh[1]
Consecration 31 July 1927
by Patrick O'Donnell[1]
Personal details
Born 11 December 1876
Fintona, County Tyrone, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died 24 April 1966 (aged 89)
Education St Macartan's College
St Patrick's College, Maynooth

James Joseph MacNamee was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the 20th Century.[2]

McNamee was born at Fintona on 11 December 1876. He was educated at St Macartan's College, Monaghan and St Patrick's College, Maynooth.[3] 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[4] and consecrated on 31 July that year.[5] He died on 24 April 1966 and was succeeded by Cahal Daly, later Archbishop of Armagh.[6]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 "Bishop James Joseph MacNamee". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  2. Back to citation Ask about Ireland
  3. Back to citation Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. p. 73. ISBN 1870963008.
  4. Back to citation 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.
  5. Back to citation 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.
  6. Back to citation Armagh Archdiocese