James Browne (1842–1917) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Ferns from 1884 to 1917.

[1][2] Born in Mayglass, County Wexford, Ireland on 28 August 1842, Browne studied in Maynooth College where he was ordained to the priesthood on 25 December 1865.

[3] He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Ferns on 8 July 1884[4] and consecrated on 14 September 1884 by James Lynch, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.

[citation needed] Browne died in office on 21 June 1917, aged 74 years old.

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