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James McCann (bishop)

James McCann (bishop)

20th-century Anglican Bishop

James McCann (31 October 1897 – 19 July 1983) was a 20th-century Anglican Bishop.[2]

This article is about the bishop. For other people named James McCann, see James McCann.
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Born in Grantham on 31 October 1897 and educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin (respondent 1926; B.D. 1935; Ph.D. 1944),[3] he was ordained in 1920. He held curacies at Ballymena, Ballyclare, Cavan and Oldcastle.[citation needed]

He was Rector of Donaghpatrick from 1930 to 1936 and of St Mary's, Drogheda, from 1936 to 1945.[4] He was Bishop of Meath from 1945 to 1959, then Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1959 to 1969. He died on 19 July 1983.[5]

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  1. [1]
    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
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    "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
  3. [3]
    "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. [4]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1940
  5. [5]
    "The Most Rev James McCann". The Times. No. 61592. 23 July 1983. p. 10; col G.
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