James Johnston Navagh
James Johnston Navagh was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York and Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey.Biography
James Johnston Navagh was born in Buffalo, New York to George and Catherine Navagh. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Canisius College, and a Master of Arts from Niagara University. He was ordained to the priesthood on December 21, 1929.
He served as a curate at Holy Cross Church in Buffalo until 1937, when he became pastor of in Brant. He was named the first director of the Missionary Apostolate of the Diocese of Buffalo in 1939, and served as pastor of in Fredonia from 1940 to 1942.
On July 29, 1952, Navagh was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Titular Bishop of Ombi by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 24 from Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, with Bishops Raymond Augustine Kearney and James H. Griffiths serving as co-consecrators. Returning to his native New York, he was named the seventh Bishop of Ogdensburg on May 8, 1957. After five years in Ogdensburg, he was appointed to succeed James A. McNulty as the fourth Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey on February 12, 1963.Death
Navagh died from a heart attack in Rome while attending the Second Vatican Council, aged 64.
