James Gibbons

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1834 – 1921

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Who was James Gibbons?

James Gibbons was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death in 1921. Gibbons was elevated to the cardinalate in 1886, the second American to receive that distinction, after John McCloskey.

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Born
Jul 23, 1834
Baltimore
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • St. Mary's Seminary and University
  • St. Charles College, Maryland
Lived in
  • Baltimore
Died
Mar 24, 1921
Baltimore

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on July 23, 2013

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