Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley (1814–1877)
First bishop of Newark, NJ, 1853–1872
Archbishop of Baltimore, 1872–1877
Bayley was born of a prominent New York family, the nephew of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. A convert from the Episcopalian ministry, he was ordained by Bishop John Hughes and served as his secretary until he was appointed ordinary of the see of Newark. In Baltimore he succeeded Archbishop Martin Spalding and was followed by Cardinal James Gibbons.
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