James Joseph Carbery (1 May 1823 – 17 December 1887), was an Irish
Dominican, who became the third
Bishop of Hamilton, Canada.
Life
Carbery's early education was received at the Seminary of
Navan
Navan ( ; , meaning "the Cave") is the county town and largest town of County Meath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is at the confluence of the River Boyne and Leinster Blackwater, Blackwater, around 50 km northwest of Dublin. At the ...
. At an early age, he entered enrolled in the Order of St. Dominic, studying philosophy and theology at Viterbo and Rome. He worked in San Clemente in Rome, before he returned to Ireland in 1849, firstly to
St. Mary's Cork, filled many important positions in his order, and became an assistant to the master general. While in Limerick, where he served as Prior, Dr. Carbery oversaw many improvements to St Saviour's Church, Limerick. He was briefly prior in Cork before being summoned to Rome in 1880.
In 1883, Carbery was appointed Bishop of Hamilton, Canada, and was consecrated in Rome, 11 November of the same year. He died while seeking to restore his failing health while visiting his native country, in Cork, on December 19, and was buried in the little convent cemetery in Limerick.
See also
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Dominicans in Ireland
The Dominican Order (''Order of Preachers'') has been present in Ireland since 1224 when the first foundation was established in Dublin, a monastic settlement north of the River Liffey, where the Four Courts is located today. This was quickly fo ...
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1823 births
1887 deaths
Canadian Dominicans
Irish Dominicans
Irish expatriate Roman Catholic bishops
19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada
19th-century Irish bishops
Roman Catholic bishops of Hamilton, Ontario