James Roche (bishop)

{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | name = James Roche | title = [[Bishop of Cloyne]] | church = [[Catholic Church]] | diocese = [[Diocese of Cloyne (Catholic)|Diocese of Cloyne]] | term = 23 March 1935 – 31 August 1956 | predecessor = [[Robert Browne (bishop)|Robert Browne]] | successor = [[John Ahern (bishop)|John Ahern]] | previous_post = Titular Bishop of [[Sulusaray|Sebastopolis in Armenia]] (1931-1935) Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne (1931-1935) [[Diocese of Ross (Ireland)|Bishop of Ross]] (1926-1931) | ordination = 29 October 1893 | consecration = 30 May 1926 | consecrated_by = [[John Harty (bishop)|John Harty]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1870|10|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Midleton]], [[County Cork]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1956|8|31|1870|10|19|df=y}} }}

'''James Roche''' (b [[Midleton]] 19 October 1870; d [[Cobh]] 31 August 1956) was a 20th century Irish Roman Catholic Bishop.<ref>[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/broch.html Catholic Hierarchy]</ref>

He served as [[Bishop of Ross (Ireland)|Bishop of Ross]] from 1926<ref>[https://corkandross.org/priests/most-rev-james-j-roche/ RC Diocese of Cork and Ross]</ref> to 1931;[[Bishop of Cloyne|Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne]] and [[Titular Bishop]] of Sebastopolis in Armenia from 1931 to 1935; and [[Bishop of Cloyne|Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne]] from 1935 until his death.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/death-of-former-bishop-of-cloyne-1.110250 | newspaper=Irish Times | title=Death of former bishop of Cloyne | date=27 September 1997 | accessdate=2 August 2021 }}</ref> He is buried at St Cemetery in [[Cobh]].<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186640422/james-joseph-roche Find a grave]</ref>

==References== <references/> {{S-start}} {{S-rel|ca}} {{Succession box | before = [[Denis Kelly (bishop)|Denis Kelly]] | title = [[Bishop of Ross (Ireland)|Roman Catholic Bishop of Ross]] | years = 1926–1931 | after = [[Patrick Casey (bishop of Ross, Ireland)|Patrick Casey]] }} {{Succession box | before = [[Robert Browne (bishop)|Robert Browne]] | title = [[Bishop of Cloyne|Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne]] | years = 1935–1956 | after = [[John Ahern (bishop)|John Ahern]] }} {{S-end}}

{{Roman Catholic Bishops of Ross}} {{Roman Catholic Bishops of Cloyne}} {{Subject bar |portal1= Biography |portal2= Catholicism |portal3= Ireland}}

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