James McCann (bishop)

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The Most Reverend[1]

James McCann

Ph.D., D.D.
Archbishop of Armagh
Primate of All Ireland
ChurchChurch of Ireland
DioceseArmagh
Elected19 February 1959
In office1959-1969
PredecessorJohn Gregg
SuccessorGeorge Simms
Previous post(s)Bishop of Meath (1945-1959)
Orders
Ordination1920
Consecration24 August 1945
by John Gregg
Personal details
Born(1897-10-31)31 October 1897
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Died19 July 1983(1983-07-19) (aged 85)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
BuriedWolvercote Cemetery
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican

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

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]

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