James McCann (bishop) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend[1]
James McCann
Honorific-Suffix:Ph.D., D.D.
Church:Church of Ireland
Diocese:Armagh
Archbishop of Armagh
Primate of All Ireland
Term:1959-1969
Elected:19 February 1959
Predecessor:John Gregg
Successor:George Simms
Previous Post:Bishop of Meath (1945-1959)
Ordination:1920
Consecration:24 August 1945
Consecrated By:John Gregg
Birth Date:31 October 1897
Buried:Wolvercote Cemetery
Religion:Anglican

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.

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]

Notes and References

  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
  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
  3. [Who's Who|"Who was Who" 1897-2007]
  4. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  5. News: The Most Rev James McCann . . 23 July 1983 . 10; col G . 61592.