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James McDevitt (1831 in Glenties – 5 April 1879 in Letterkenny) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the last third of the 19th century.

McDevitt was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and ordained priest on 18 June 1859. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). He served on the staff of All Hallows College, Dublin, until his appointment as Bishop of Raphoe on 24 February 1871. McKevitt was consecrated on 30 April that year. He died in post on 5 January 1879.

References

1. Diocese of Raphoe
2. Catholic Hierarchy
3. Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. p. 152. ISBN 1870963008.
4. Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British chronology. Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College. pp. 441–442. OCLC 989682481.
5. Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X.; Byrne, F.J., eds. (1984). A New History of Ireland. A Companion to Irish History, part 2. Vol. 9 Maps, genealogies, lists. Clarendon Press. pp. 352–354. ISBN 0-19-821745-5. OCLC 1152598744.

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