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James Hayes (bishop)

The Most Reverend
James Hayes
SJ
Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro
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Portrait of Hayes
Province Ecclesiastical Province of Cagayan de Oro
See Cagayan de Oro
Installed 29 June 1951
Term ended 13 October 1970
Predecessor Inaugural holder
First Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro
also, First Bishop of Cagayan de Oro
Successor Patrick Cronin
Other posts Founder, Xavier University
Founder, Lourdes College
Orders
Ordination 29 June 1921
Consecration 18 June 1933
by Patrick Joseph Hayes
Personal details
Birth name James Thomas Gibbons Hayes
Born 11 February 1889
New York City, U.S.
Died 28 March 1980(1980-03-28) (aged 91)
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Buried Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Nationality United States American
Denomination Roman Catholicism
Previous post Bishop of Cagayan de Oro;
Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines
Alma mater in Maryland, U.S.
Styles of
James T. G. Hayes
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

James T. G. Hayes (11 February 1889 – 28 March 1980) SJ was an American, Roman Catholic, Jesuit archbishop and missionary who served as the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines.

Born James Thomas Gibbons Hayes on 11 February 1889 in New York City, New York, United States. He attended the St. Francis Xavier College in New York City and in Maryland. He also studied in Tronchiennes, Belgium.

He started a career as a teacher, teaching at Regis High School in New York City. From 1918 to 1919, he taught the Classics at the Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He then served as Dean of Discipline at Fordham University from 1923 to 1925.

In 1907, Hayes entered the Society of Jesus. On 29 June 1921, he was ordained priest. He moved to the Philippines to do missionary work in 1926. A year after, he already started serving as the Superior of the Jesuits in Mindanao. By 1930, he became Superior of the Jesuits in the Philippines, a position he held until 1933.


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