James McLoughlin

The Most Reverend
James McLoughlin
Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh
and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora
Diocese Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora
Installed 1993
Term ended 2005
Predecessor Eamon Casey
Successor Martin Drennan
Orders
Ordination 20 June 1954 (Priest)
Consecration 28 March 1993 (Bishop)
Personal details
Birth name James McLoughlin
Born 9 April 1929
Cross Street, Galway, Ireland
Died 25 November 2005
Galway Clinic
Buried Cathedral Crypt, Galway Cathedral
Nationality Irish
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Alma mater Maynooth College

James McLoughlin (April 9, 1929 – November 25, 2005) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora, Ireland for twelve years from 1993 to 2005.

McLoughlin was born in Cross Street in the centre of Galway City on April 9, 1929. His parents ran a small wholesale grocery business. He attended the Patrician Brothers primary school in Nuns' Island and St. Mary's College in Galway. He studied for the priesthood at Maynooth and was ordained on June 20, 1954. He then taught at St. Mary's College, Galway where he developed interests in basketball and amateur dramatics, and was appointed diocesan secretary in September, 1965. He became parish priest of the cathedral parish in Galway in 1983.

On February 10, 1993, when bishop Eamon Casey resigned, McLoughlin was appointed by Pope John Paul II as bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh. His consecration occurred on March 28. He served as chairman of the finance and general planning committee of the Irish Bishops' Conference.

McLoughlin announced his retirement on May 23, 2005, and on July 3 was succeeded as bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh by Martin Drennan. He lived in Claregalway during his retirement, and died on November 25, 2005 in Galway Clinic. His funeral was held in Galway Cathedral, and he was interred in the crypt beneath the cathedral.

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