Jump to content

James Roche (bishop)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Roche (b Midleton 19 October 1870; d Cobh 31 August 1956) was a 20th century Irish Roman Catholic Bishop.[1]

He served as Bishop of Ross from 1926[2] to 1931;Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne and Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia from 1931 to 1935; and Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne from 1935 until his death.[3] He is buried at St Cemetery in Cobh.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  2. ^ RC Diocese of Cork and Ross
  3. ^ "Death of former bishop of Cloyne". Irish Times. 27 September 1997. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ^ Find a grave
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Roman Catholic Bishop of Ross
1926–1931
Succeeded by
Preceded by Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne
1935–1956
Succeeded by