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The Most Reverend James Browne
Bishop of Ferns
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Born	28 August 1842 Mayglass, County Wexford, Ireland
Died	21 June 1917
Alma mater	Maynooth College

James Browne (1842–1917) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Ferns from 1884 to 1917.

Born in Mayglass, County Wexford, Ireland on 28 August 1842, Browne studied in Maynooth College where he was ordained to the priesthood on 25 December 1865. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Ferns on 8 July 1884 and consecrated on 14 September 1884 by James Lynch, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.

Browne died in office on 21 June 1917, aged 74 years old.

References

1. Bishop James Browne. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved on 9 April 2010.
2. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 429. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
3. Diocese of Ferns New Advent.
4. ^ Cheney, David M. (9 October 2022). "Bishop James Browne †". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

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