James McCann (bishop)
The Most Rev[1] James McCann MA, PhD, DD, LlD was a 20th-century Anglican Bishop.[2]
Born in Grantham on 31 October 1897 and educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen’s University, Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin [3] he was ordained in 1920. He held curacies at Ballymena, Ballyclare, Cavan and Oldcastle. He was Rector of Donaghpatrick,1930–1936 and of St Mary’s, Drogheda 1936 - 1945.[4] He was Bishop of Meath, 1945–1959; and Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, 1959–1969. He died on 19 July 1983.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Intriguingly he spent his whole Episcopal career as “The Most Rev” because by tradition the Premier Bishop of Ireland (Bishop of Meath) is so labelled > Debrett’s Correct Form Montague-Smith,P(Ed): London, Debrett’s,1992 ISBN 0-7472-0658-9
- ↑ “A New History of Ireland” Moody,T.M;Martin,F.X;Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,F:By Theodore William Moody, Francis X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1940
- ↑ Most Rev James McCann The Times Saturday, Jul 23, 1983; pg. 10; Issue 61592; col G
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| Preceded by William Hardy Holmes |
Bishop of Meath 1945 – 1959 |
Succeeded by Robert Bonsall Pike |
| Preceded by John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg |
Archbishop of Armagh 1959 – 1969 |
Succeeded by George Otto Simms |
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