James William McCarthy (30 January 1853 – 24 December 1943) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as Bishop of Galloway in Scotland from 1914 to 1943.[1]


James McCarthy
Bishop of Galloway
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseGalloway
Appointed25 May 1914
Term ended24 December 1943
PredecessorWilliam Turner
SuccessorWilliam Mellon
Orders
Ordination4 May 1879
Consecration9 June 1914
by Donald Aloysius Mackintosh
Personal details
Born30 January 1853
Died24 December 1943 (aged 90)
Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
MottoAdveniat regnum tuum

Biography

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Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on 30 January 1853, he was educated at St Mary's College, Blairs 1869-1872; Royal Scots College, Valladolid (1872–76) and St Peter's Seminary (1876–79).[2] He was ordained to the priesthood in Glasgow on 4 May 1879. He was curate at Our Lady and St Margaret's, Kinning Park (1879–84) and parish priest of St John's, Port Glasgow (1884–99). He was parish priest of St Mary Immaculate, Pollokshaws (1899–1900) and administrator of St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow (1900–14).[2]

He was appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway by the Holy See on 25 May 1914, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 9 June 1914. The principal consecrator was Donald Aloysius Mackintosh, Coadjutor Archbishop of Glasgow, and the principal co-consecrators were James August Smith, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh and John Joseph Keily, Bishop of Plymouth.[1]

He died in office on 24 December 1943, aged 90.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bishop James William McCarthy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b Johnson, Christine (1991). Scottish Catholic Secular Clergy 1879-1989. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd. pp. 284, 370, 375, 387, 405. ISBN 0 85976 345 5.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Galloway
1914–1943
Succeeded by