Person DS/UK/1414 Langan; James (1926-2019); Jesuit Priest Langan James 1926-2019 Jesuit Priest Male Jimmy Born 31 OCtober 1926, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Entered the British Province of the Society of Jesus 7 September 1949. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest 31 July 1959. Final vows in the Society of Jesus 15 August 1977. Died 13 December 2019, Preston.

James was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 31 October 1926. He was educated at the De La Salle College in Sheffield, and studied at Osterley before joining the Jesuit novitiate 7 September 1949. After taking his First Vows he did a year's juniorate at Manresa in Roehampton, and then moved into philosophy at Heythrop in Oxfordshire. A third year of philosophy back in Roehampton was followed by regency, teaching in St John's Beaumont. He returned to Heythrop for theology, and was ordained there on St Ignatius Day in 1959. After his fourth year of theology he made tertianship in Rathfarnham Castle outside Dublin. The next five years were spent working in St Aloysius parish in Glasgow, and for some of that time he was minister of the community there. Between 1966 and 1968 he was minster at 114 Mount Street, and then worked successively on the parish teams at St Aloysius Oxford, St Francs Xavier Liverpool, and Sacred Heart Wimbledon, with three years as minister in Southwell House between 1972 and 1975. Having spent 17 years in Wimbledon, in 1992 he moved briefly to Manchester, then 18 months later joined the team at St Wilfrid's Preston. In 1995 he suffered a heart attack, but recovered and returned to work in St Wilfrid's until old age and ill health led to his retirement in 2014. He remained in Preston until his death on 13 December 2019. Member of the British Province of the Society of Jesus. Catalogue of the Provinces Britain & Ireland and the Region of the European Low Countries 2019 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Mallen 18/12/2019 user 21/07/2022 b95b2525-ccba-421b-9b48-538117d89cdb