James Vincent Cleary (18 September 1828 – 24 February 1898) was a

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priest and Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario.

Biography

Cleary was born on 18 September 1828, in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland, to Thomas and Maragret (nee O'Brien) Cleary. He was educated locally at a classical school. He studied for the priesthood initially in Rome but then at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, where he was ordained on 19 September 1851. He also studied at Salamanca in Spain before returning to Ireland to become a professor in St. John's College, Waterford, where he also served as president of the college from 1873 to 1876 (his brother Patrick, also a priest, served as the Seminary president as previously). He was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree(DD or STD), by the

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, by public examination, the first recipient of such a degree from the institution. He was appointed vicar general of the Diocese of Waterford and parish priest of Dungarvan in 1876, prior to being named Bishop of Kingston in Ontario. In Canada he oversaw the development of the diocese with the building of over 40 new churches. He died aged 69 on 24 February 1898 and is buried in Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.Bishop James Vincent Cleary
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cleary, James 1828 births 1898 deaths Irish emigrants to Canada (before 1923) People from Dungarvan Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada Roman Catholic archbishops of Kingston, Canada