James Whitfield (bishop)
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The Most Reverend James Whitfield |
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| Archbishop of Baltimore | |
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| See | Baltimore |
| Appointed | January 8, 1828 (Coadjutor) |
| Installed | May 25, 1828 |
| Term ended | October 19, 1834 |
| Predecessor | Ambrose Maréchal SS |
| Successor | Samuel Eccleston SS |
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| Ordination | July 24, 1809 by Claude Simon |
| Consecration | May 25, 1828 by Benedict Joseph Flaget SS |
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| Born | November 3, 1770 Liverpool, Merseyside, England, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Died | October 19, 1834 (aged 63) Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Buried | Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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James Whitfield (November 3, 1770 – October 19, 1834) was an English-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He served as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland from 1828 until his death in 1834.
James Whitfield was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, to James and Ann (née Genders) Whitfield.
Following his father's death in 1787, James and his ailing mother traveled to Italy in the hope that the warmer climate would be better for her health; he there embarked in commercial pursuits. During their return to England, they were detained in Lyons, France, by one of Napoleon's embargoes against the English government. Whitfield there studied theology under Rev Ambrose Maréchal, S.S., and was ordained to the priesthood by the Bishop of Grenoble, Claude Simon, on July 24, 1809. His mother died shortly afterwards and Whitfield then returned to England, where he became pastor of St Mary's Church at Little Crosby in 1811.
In 1817 Whitfield accepted an invitation from Maréchal, then Archbishop of Baltimore, to come to the United States. Arriving in Maryland in September 1817, he served as a curate (and later rector) of Assumption Cathedral. He was named Vicar General of the Archdiocese in 1818.
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