James Chadwick

Born: April 24, 1813, Drogheda, Ireland.

Died:  May 14, 1882, Newcastle, England.

Buried:  Ushaw College, Durham, England.

    Chadwick was educated at Ushaw College, Durham, where he was ordained in 1836, and successively became Professor and President. In 1866, he became the Roman Catholic Bishop of Newcastle. In addition to many pastoral letters, his works include:

• An edition of Leuthner’s Coelum Christianum (London: 1871)
• St. Teresa’s Own Words: Instructions on the Prayer of Recollection (Newcastle, England: 1878)
• Instructions How to Meditate, published anonymously

Hymns

1. Hail, Holy Mission, Hail
2. Jesus, My God, Behold at Length the Time

Translations

1. Angels We Have Heard on High