James O'Sullivan (bishop)
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James O'Sullivan was an Irish 20th century Anglican bishop. Born in 1834, he was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...
and
ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...
in 1858. He was Rector of Rahoon and then of St Nicholas,
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. From 1888, he was
Archdeacon of Tuam The Archdeacon of Tuam ( ) was a post held in the Diocese of Tuam, from the creation of the diocese at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. Background In the Catholic Church, the post of archdeacon, generally a priest, was once one of great impo ...
and then, from 1890, the 57th Bishop of Tuam, the 56th Bishop of Killala and the 57th of Achonry."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 He died in post on 10 January 1915.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Osullivan, James 1834 births 1915 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry Archdeacons of Tuam Place of birth missing