James Joseph MacNamee was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the 20th Century. McNamee was born at

Fintona Fintona (; ), is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Its population at the 2011 Census was 1,164. Name and etymology Fintona is derived Phonetics, phonetically from the Irish name of the area, ''Fionntamhnach''; this is ...

on 11 December 1876. He was educated at St Macartan's College, Monaghan and

St Patrick's College, Maynooth St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth (), is a pontifical Catholic university in the town of Maynooth near Dublin, Ireland Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mou ...

. After curacies at Clones and

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), Monaghan barony. The population of the town as of the 2022 cen ...

he was Administrator of Monaghan then Parish Priest at Clones. MacNamee was appointed

Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise The Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, one of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Armagh. The episcopal title takes its name after the town of Ardagh in County ...

on 20 June 1927 and consecrated on 31 July that year. He died on 24 April 1966 and was succeeded by

Cahal Daly Cahal Brendan Daly KGCHS (born Charles Brendan Daly, 1 October 1917 – 31 December 2009) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, theologian and writer from County Antrim. Daly served as the Catholic Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from ...

, later Archbishop of Armagh.Armagh Archdiocese
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1876 births Christian clergy from County Tyrone People educated at St Macartan's College, Monaghan Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth 1966 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Roman Catholic bishops of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Bishops appointed by Pope Pius XI {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub