James Staunton

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James Staunton (b Ballyoskill 20 February 1889; d Enniscorthy 27 June 1963) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xbwMXrQKpk youtube]

Staunton was ordained priest on 22 June 1913.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bstau.html Catholic Hierarchy] He served in the Diocese of Ossory. A Jesuit,[https://www.jesuitarchives.ie/staunton-james-1889-1963-roman-catholic-bishop-of-ferns Irish Jesuit Archives] he was Bishop of Ferns from 1938 until his death.{{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |pages=355–356}}

Dr Staunton was a council father at the Second Vatican Council.