James William Gleeson (24 December 1920 – 21 March 2000)[1] was an Australian clergyman and the sixth[2] Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide.
James William Gleeson was born on 24 December 1920 in Balaklava, north of Adelaide in South Australia.
[3] Gleeson's studies for the priesthood were undertaken at Corpus Christi College in Werribee, Victoria, and he was ordained by Archbishop Matthew Beovich in Adelaide's St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral on 24 July 1945.
[5] After suffering a period of bad health, in November 1956 Matthew Beovich requested that he receive an auxiliary bishop.
[6] Pope Pius XII appointed Gleeson to the position, and he was consecrated by Beovich on 21 May 1957,[3] becoming Adelaide's first South Australian Catholic bishop.