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J. J.carbery

CARBERY, James Joseph, Canadian bishop, born in Mullingar, County Westmeath Ireland, 1 May 1823; died in Cork, Ireland, 17 December 1887. His early education was received at the Seminary of Navan. He entered the Dominican order in 1841, making his course of philosophy and theology at Viterbo and Rome.He was elected Dominican provincial of Ireland in 1876. In 1880 he became assistant to the father-general of the society. Elected third bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, he was consecrated 11 November 1883 in Rome, and took possession of his see in 1884. He held an important synod in his diocese, but died while seeking to restore his health by a visit to his native country.

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