James Browne (bishop of Ferns)
James Browne | |
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| Bishop of Ferns | |
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| Born | 28 August 1842 Mayglass, County Wexford, Ireland |
| Died | 21 June 1917 (aged 74) |
| Alma mater | Maynooth College |
James Browne (1842–1917) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Ferns from 1884 to 1917.[1][2]
Born in Mayglass, County Wexford, Ireland on 28 August 1842, Browne studied in Maynooth College where he was ordained to the priesthood on 25 December 1865.[3] He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Ferns on 8 July 1884[4] and consecrated on 14 September 1884 by James Lynch, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.
Browne died in office on 21 June 1917, aged 74 years old.[4]
References
- ^ Bishop James Browne. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved on 9 April 2010.
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 429. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Diocese of Ferns New Advent.
- ^ a b Cheney, David M. (9 October 2022). "Bishop James Browne †". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 30 January 2024.