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James Roosevelt Bayley (August 23, 1814 – October 3, 1877) was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Newark (1853–1872) and as Archbishop of Baltimore (1872–1877).
30 de mai. de 2023 · Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, D.D., nephew of Saint Elizabeth Bayley Seton, was the First Ordinary of the Diocese of Newark. Bayley had been an Episcopal minister prior to his conversion in 1842. He attended St. John’s College, Fordham, for his seminary studies and was ordained on March 2, 1844 in New York.
Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley † Deceased Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- August 23, 1814
- October 3, 1877
James Roosevelt Bayley, the first Catholic bishop of Newark, established Seton Hall College in 1856, naming it for his aunt, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the founder of the Sisters of Charity and the first saint born in America.
During this time he became interested in the history of the Church in the United States. In 1853 he was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Newark, covering the state of New Jersey. He was consecrated in St. Patrick's Cathedral on October 30, by Abp. Cajetan Bedini, Papal Nuncio to Brazil.
Bayley, JAMES ROOSEVELT, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.; eighth Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland; b. at Rye, New York, August 23, 1814; d. at Newark, October 3, 1877. His Dutch and English non- Catholic ancestors were locally notable.
The Life of James Roosevelt Bayley, First Bishop of Newark and Eighth Archbishop of Baltimore, 1814–1877. By Sister M. Hildegarde Yeager, C. S. C. (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1947. xi + 512 pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, bibliography, and index. $4.50.)
