James Joseph Carbery
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James Joseph Carbery (born in County Westmeath, Ireland, 1 May 1823; died at Cork, Ireland, 17 December 1887), was an Irish Dominican, who became the third Bishop of Hamilton, Canada.
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His early education was received at the Seminary of Navan. He entered at an early age the Order of St. Dominic, and made his course of philosophy and theology at Viterbo and Rome. He returned to Ireland in 1849, filled many important positions in his order, and became an assistant to the master general.
In 1883 he was appointed Bishop of Hamilton, and was consecrated in Rome, 11 November of the same year. He died while seeking to restore his broken health by a visit to his native country.
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This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
