James Browne (bishop of Ferns) explained

James Browne
Death Date:	21 June 1917
Birth Date:	28 August 1842
Honorific Prefix:	The Most Reverend
Alma Mater:	Maynooth College
Bishop of Ferns
Birth Place:	Mayglass, County Wexford, Ireland

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.

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbroj.html Bishop James Browne
2. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 429.
3. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06045a.htm Diocese of Ferns
4. Web site: Cheney . David M. . 9 October 2022 . Bishop James Browne † . 30 January 2024 . Catholic Hierarchy.