James Francis Corbett

James Francis Corbett
Bishop of Sale
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Sale
In office13 May 1887 – 29 May 1912
PredecessorDiocese erected
SuccessorPatrick Phelan
Orders
Ordination29 May 1858
Consecration25 August 1887
by Thomas Carr[1]
Personal details
Born1834 (1834)
Limerick, County Limerick, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died29 May 1912(1912-05-29) (aged 77–78)
Coat of arms
James Francis Corbett's coat of arms

James Francis Corbett KC*HS (1834 – 29 May 1912) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Sale, Victoria.

Corbett was formerly stationed at St Kilda, Victoria, and was appointed first bishop of Sale in May 1887. He was consecrated at St. Mary's, St. Kilda, on 25 August. He held for a considerable period the post of Private Secretary to the late Archbishop Goold. He is a native of Limerick, and the freedom of that city was conferred upon him during a visit to Ireland in 1890.[2]

Arms

Coat of arms of James Francis Corbett
Escutcheon
Or a representation of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Proper impaling Or a chough Sable membered Gules.[3]
Motto
Monstra Te Esse Matrem

References

  1. ↑ "Bishop James Francis Corbett". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-07-02.
  2. ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Corbett, Right Rev. Dr. James Francis" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ↑ Michael Francis McCarthy (1998). An armorial of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Australia. p. 151.
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