# James Joseph MacNamee

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Roman-catholic bishop

James Joseph MacNamee Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Church Catholic Church Diocese Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise In office 20 June 1927 – 24 April 1966 Predecessor Joseph Hoare Successor Cahal Daly Orders Ordination 17 June 1900 by William Walsh[1] Consecration 31 July 1927 by Patrick O'Donnell [1] Personal details Born (1876-12-11)11 December 1876 Fintona, County Tyrone, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Died 24 April 1966(1966-04-24) (aged 89) Education St Macartan's College St Patrick's College, Maynooth

**James Joseph MacNamee** was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the 20th Century.[2]

McNamee was born at [Fintona](/source/Fintona) on 11 December 1876. He was educated at [St Macartan's College, Monaghan](/source/St_Macartan's_College) and [St Patrick's College, Maynooth](/source/St_Patrick's_College%2C_Maynooth).[3] After [curacies](/source/Curate) at [Clones](/source/Clones%2C_County_Monaghan) and [Monaghan](/source/Monaghan) he was Administrator of Monaghan then Parish Priest at Clones.

MacNamee was appointed [Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise](/source/Bishop_of_Ardagh_and_Clonmacnoise) on 20 June 1927[4] and consecrated on 31 July that year.[5] He died on 24 April 1966 and was succeeded by [Cahal Daly](/source/Cahal_Daly), later Archbishop of Armagh.[6]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CatHie_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CatHie_1-1) ["Bishop James Joseph MacNamee"](https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmacn.html). *Catholic-Hierarchy.org*. Retrieved 3 April 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Ask about Ireland](http://www.askaboutireland.ie/aai-files/assets/libraries/longford-county-library/reading-room/physical-landscape/article-about-st-mels-cathedral---james-joseph-mcnamee.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Canning, Bernard (1988). *Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987*. [Ballyshannon](/source/Ballyshannon): [Donegal Democrat](/source/Donegal_Democrat). p. 73. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1870963008](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1870963008).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). *Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II*. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-821745-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-821745-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). *Handbook of British Chronology* (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-521-56350-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-56350-X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Armagh Archdiocese](https://www.armagharchdiocese.org/july-15th-40th-anniversary-as-bishop/)

Catholic Church titles Preceded by Joseph Hoare Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise 1927–1966 Succeeded by Cahal Daly

v t e Roman Catholic Bishops of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Anthony Blake James Brady John Cruise James Magauran William O'Higgins John Kilduff Neal McCabe George Michael Conroy Bartholomew Woodlock Joseph Hoare James Joseph MacNamee Cahal Daly Colm O'Reilly Francis Duffy

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