Bishop James Augustine McFaul †

Deceased

Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jun 1850		Born
26 May 1877	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Jul 1894	44.1	Appointed	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
18 Oct 1894	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
16 Jun 1917	67.0	Died	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary
James Augustine McFaul
Bishop James Augustine McFaul
(born 6 Jun 1850, died 16 Jun 1917)
Bishop of Trenton

Event Place
Birth Place Larne, Ireland
Ordained Priest South Orange, NJ, Diocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop St. Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, Trenton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey
Death Place Trenton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey

a priest for 40.0 years
a bishop for 22.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Michael Augustine Corrigan †
Bishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Bishop Bernard Joseph John McQuaid †
Bishop of Rochester, New York

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Joseph O’Connor † (1901)
Bishop Thomas Francis Cusack † (1904)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 92794127
WikiData: Q6128976

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 564
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1894, Number 54
c1: CB, 15 May 2022

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 29 Aug 2026

✠