James Staunton
James Staunton (b Ballyoskill 20 February 1889; d Enniscorthy 27 June 1963) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop.[1]
Staunton was ordained priest on 22 June 1913.[2] He served in the Diocee of Ossory. A Jesuit,[3] he was Bishop of Ferns from 1938 until his death.[4] Dr Staunton was a council father at the Second Vatican Council.
References[]
- ^ youtube
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Irish Jesuit Archives
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 355–356. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Categories:
- People from County Kilkenny
- 1889 births
- 1963 deaths
- 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests
- Roman Catholic bishops of Ferns
- Irish Jesuits
- Irish Roman Catholic bishop stubs