James Staunton Explained

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 Diocese 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.

Notes and References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xbwMXrQKpk youtube
2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bstau.html Catholic Hierarchy
3. https://www.jesuitarchives.ie/staunton-james-1889-1963-roman-catholic-bishop-of-ferns Irish Jesuit Archives
4. 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 . 355–356.