James Leen C.S.Sp. (1888–1949) was an Irish member of the

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, who served a Bishop of Port Louis in

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. Born in 1888 in Abbeyfeale,

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he studied at

Rockwell College Rockwell College ( ga, Coláiste Charraig an Tobair), founded in 1864, is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school near Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The school has a rugby tradition and has won the Munster Schools S ...

Co. Tipperary.James Leen
Spiritans Remembered, www.spiritans.ie. He entered Holy Ghost College,

Kimmage Manor The Holy Ghost Missionary College, in Kimmage in Dublin, colloquially known as Kimmage Manor, is Holy Ghost Fathers(Spiritans) institution that has served as a Seminary training missionary priests and spawned two other colleges the ''Kimmage Mission ...

, to train for the Holy Ghost fathers, and studied at

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...

. Sent to Rome in 1915 he gained doctorates in philosophy and theology from the

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. Dr. Leen was ordained a priest in 1920.Bishop James Leen
Catholic Hierarchy. Returning to Ireland to teach in Kimmage and

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when theology studies were moved there. Ordained a co-adjuctor Bishop of Port Louis in 1925, succeeding as bishop in 1926. In 1933 he was awarded the personal title archbishop (Tiitular Archbishop of Phasis). Archbishop James Leen died 19 December 1949. He was succeeded as bishop by fellow spiritan and Limerickman Bishop

Daniel Liston Daniel Liston (1900–1986) was an Irish member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, who served a Bishop of Port Louis in Mauritius from 1949 until 1968.

. Three of his brothers, Daniel, Edward(Ned), John(Jack) also became Holy Ghost Fathers. His older brother Edward Leen C.S.Sp., DD, who Jim followed into Rockwell College, Kimmage Manor, UCD, and the Gregorian University, served as president of Blackrock College and superior in Kimmage.Edward Leen
Dictionary of Irish Biography.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leen, James 1888 births 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mauritius Roman Catholic bishops of Port-Louis Holy Ghost Fathers Irish Spiritans 1949 deaths Alumni of University College Dublin Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Christian clergy from County Limerick Irish expatriate Catholic bishops