James McDevitt

Catholic Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland

James McDevitt (1831 in Glenties – 5 April 1879 in Letterkenny) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the last third of the 19th century.^[1]

McDevitt was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and ordained priest on 18 June 1859.^[2] He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). He served on the staff of All Hallows College, Dublin,^[3] until his appointment as Bishop of Raphoe on 24 February 1871.^[4] McKevitt was consecrated on 30 April that year. He died in post on 5 January 1879.^[5]

References

^ Diocese of Raphoe
^ Catholic Hierarchy
^ Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. p. 152. ISBN 1870963008.
^ 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.
^ 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.