James Joseph MacNamee was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the 20th Century. McNamee was born at

Fintona Fintona (; ), is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Its population at the 2011 Census was 1,164. Name and etymology Fintona is derived phonetically from the Irish name of the area, ''Fionntamhnach''; this is often trans ...

on 11 December 1876. He was educated at St Macartan's College, Monaghan and

St Patrick's College, Maynooth St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland. ...

. After

curacies A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy ...

Clones Clone or Clones or Cloning or Cloned or The Clone may refer to: Places * Clones, County Fermanagh * Clones, County Monaghan, a town in Ireland Biology * Clone (B-cell), a lymphocyte clone, the massive presence of which may indicate a pathologi ...

and

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7,678. The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Lette ...

he was Administrator of Monaghan then Parish Priest at Clones. MacNamee was appointed

Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

on 20 June 1927 and consecrated on 31 July that year. He died on 24 April 1966 and was succeeded by

Cahal Daly Charles (Cahal) Brendan Cardinal Daly KGCHS (1 October 1917 – 31 December 2009) was an Irish philosopher, theologian, writer and international speaker and, in later years, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Daly served as the Roman Cat ...

, later Archbishop of Armagh.Armagh Archdiocese
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1876 births Christian clergy from County Tyrone People educated at St Macartan's College, Monaghan Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth 1966 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Roman Catholic bishops of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub