James Roche (bishop)
James Roche (b Midleton 19 October 1870; d Cobh 31 August 1956) was a 20th century Irish Roman Catholic Bishop.[1]
He served as Bishop of Ross from 1926[2] to 1931;Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne and Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armeniafrom 1931 to 1935; and Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne from 1935 until his death.[3] He is buried at St Cemetery in Cobh.[4]
References[]
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ RC Diocese of Cork and Ross
- ^ "Death of former bishop of Cloyne". Irish Times. 27 September 1997. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ Find a grave
Categories:
- Clergy from Cobh
- 1870 births
- 1956 deaths
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
- Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
- Roman Catholic bishops of Cloyne
- Roman Catholic Bishops of Ross
- Irish Roman Catholic bishop stubs