James Vincent Cleary

James Vincent Cleary
Archbishop of Kingston
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Kingston
In office	October 1, 1880— February 24, 1898
Predecessor	John O'Brien
Successor	Charles-Hugues Gauthier
Personal details
Born	18 September 1828 Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland
Alma mater	Maynooth College

James Vincent Cleary (18 September 1828 – 24 February 1898) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario.

Biography

Cleary was born in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland. He was educated locally at a classical school. He studied for the priesthood initially in Rome but then at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, where he was ordained on 19 September 1851. He also studied at Salamanca in Spain before returning to Ireland to become a professor in St. John's College, Waterford, where he also served as president of the college from 1873 to 1876 (his brother Patrick, also a priest, served as the Seminary president as previously). He was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree, by the Catholic University of Ireland. He was appointed vicar general of the Diocese of Waterford and parish priest of Dungarvan in 1876, prior to being named Bishop of Kingston in Ontario. In Canada he oversaw the development of the diocese with the building of over 40 new churches.

References

• "James Vincent Cleary". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.