James Staunton (b Ballyoskill 20 February 1889; d Enniscorthy 27 June 1963) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop.
Staunton was ordained priest on 22 June 1913. He served in the Diocese of Ossory. A Jesuit, he was Bishop of Ferns from 1938 until his death. Dr Staunton was a council father at the Second Vatican Council.
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- Catholic Hierarchy
- Irish Jesuit Archives
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 355–356. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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Preceded byWilliam Codd | Bishop of Ferns 1938–1963 |
Succeeded byDonal Herlihy |
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