James Albert Duffy

James Albert Duffy
Bishop
Diocese Diocese of Grand Island
Installed 1913
Term ended 1931
Successor Stanislaus Vincent Bona
Orders
Ordination 27 May 1899
by James Trober
Consecration 13 April 1913
by James J. Keane
Personal details
Born (1873-09-13)13 September 1873
St. Paul, Minnesota
Died 12 February 1968(1968-02-12) (aged 94)
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Buried Calvary Cemetery, Grand Island, Nebraska
Nationality United States American
Denomination Roman Catholic
Parents
  • James J. Duffy
  • Johanna Shiely
Alma mater Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity

Bishop James Albert Duffy (13 September 1873[1] – 12 February 1968) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Grand Island (formerly diocese of Kearney), Nebraska from 1913 to 1931.[2]

Early life and education

Duffy was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the third child of James J. Duffy and Johanna Shiely. When the death of the parents in 1879 orphaned the eight Duffy children, James Albert went to live at the Boys Orphan Asylum in Minneapolis. From 1887 to 1893 he was a student at the University of St. Thomas and subsequently attended Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity from 1894 to 1899.

Career

He was ordained on 27 May 1899 in St. Paul, Minnesota, by James Trober. Following his ordination, Duffy served as a priest at Immaculate Conception Church in Minneapolis (1899-1902) and at St. Anne's Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota (1902-1904). In 1904, he became rector at the cathedral parish of St. Mary's in Cheyenne, Wyoming, under Bishop James J. Keane.

Duffy was consecrated as the first bishop of the Diocese of Kearney (which became the Diocese of Grand Island in 1917) by Archbishop James J. Keane on 13 April 1913. Duffy oversaw construction of the Cathedral of St. Mary from 1926-1928, and he also established the Nebraska Register. He remained bishop until 1931, after which he became Titular bishop of Silandus.[3]

Death

He died on 12 February 1968 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Grand Island, Nebraska.[3] At the time of his death, Bishop Duffy was most the senior Bishop in the United States in both age and years of consecration.[4]

References

  1. The Catholic Encyclopedia and its makers. New York: The Encyclopedia Press. 1917. p. 49.
  2.  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Kearney (Nebraska)". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  3. 1 2 "Bishop James Albert Duffy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  4. "Most Reverend James A. Duffy". Nebraska Register. 44 (8). 16 February 1968. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
none
(diocese erected)
Bishop of Grand Island
(was Diocese of Kearney)

19131931
Succeeded by
Stanislaus Vincent Bona


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