- James Waterworth
James Waterworth (b. St Helen's,
Lancashire , 1806) was a Catholic missionary priest.Life
James Waterworth was educated at
Stonyhurst , he went subsequently toMontrouge to enter the novitiate of theSociety of Jesus , in which he did not long continue. Sent byBishop John Milner to study for the priesthood at theEnglish College, Rome , he there devoted himself totheology , and especiallypatrology , that the often worked sixteen hours a day. At the end of his course he was recalled to Oscott, where he was ordained, and where he taught theology from 1830 to 1833.He then went to assist Rev. J. Yver at Newark, where he spent over forty years as a missionary priest, still continuing his studies of the Fathers. Within a year or two he was placed in sole charge of the mission.
He was made canon of
Nottingham in 1852,doctor of divinity in 1860, and provost of thatdiocese in 1861.He died in Old Hall,
Newark-on-Trent on28 March ,1876 .Works
In 1834 he published a pamphlet defending
Joseph Berington andJohn Kirk 's work, "The Faith of Catholics", against the attack of anAnglican clergyman called Pope; and twelve years later he published a greatly enlarged edition in three volumes.He also published a translation of the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent (1848) and of
François Véron 's "Rule of Faith" (1833). His "Digest of the Penal Laws affecting Roman Catholics" is another useful work.His last book, "England ad Rome" (1854), was on the relations of the popes to
England .
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