James McCann (31 October 1897 – 19 July 1983) was a 20th-century

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Bishop. Born in Grantham on 31 October 1897 and educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution,

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and

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(respondent 1926; B.D. 1935; Ph.D. 1944), he was ordained in 1920. He held curacies at

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, Ballyclare,

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and Oldcastle. He was

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from 1930 to 1936 and of St Mary's,

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, from 1936 to 1945. He was Bishop of Meath from 1945 to 1959, then

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and Primate of All Ireland from 1959 to 1969. He died on 19 July 1983.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCann, James 1897 births 1983 deaths Burials in Oxfordshire People from Grantham People educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Anglican bishops of Meath 20th-century Anglican archbishops Anglican archbishops of Armagh British expatriate archbishops