Person DS/UK/386 Eccles; James (1823-1871); Jesuit Priest Eccles James 1823-1871 Jesuit Priest Male Born 14 October 1823 Wigan (Lancashire). Entered the English Province of the Society of Jesus 7 September 1839. Final Vows in the Society of Jesus 15 August 1854. Died 8 February 1871 Bournemouth (Hants).

Fr James Eccles SJ was born 14 October 1822 or 1823, in Wigan (Lancashire), England. He made his humanities at Stonyhurst College, and entered the English Province of the Society of Jesus at Hodder on 7 September 1839. He was made Spiritual Coadjutor on 15 August 1854. After his higher studies and matriculation at the University of London, and completing his theology at Louvain, he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest at Tronchiennes, Belgium. He then taught a year or two at Mount St Mary’s College, and became a missioner excurrens to Wingerworth (Derbyshire). In 1848 he was appointed Sub-Minister at Mount St Mary’s College, and at times Prefect of Studies. After his tertianship he was appointed to the Exeter mission. In September 1861, he commenced the new College of St Stanislaus, Beaumont (Old Windsor), of which he was appointed first Rector in December 1864. In November 1867 he was declared Rector of St Ignatius’ College, London, and died at Bournemouth on 8 February 1871. Member of the English Province of the Society of Jesus Catalogus Defunctorum 1814-1970 (Society of Jesus). Obituary in Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus by Br H Foley SJ (London: Burns & Oates 1882). Vol 7 Part 1 1882 p 219 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Archives 31/08/2010 CURIA\mallen 14/12/2023 3df07173-401c-4928-b789-a72e9d75dd5b