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James Gillis

Canadian-born Scottish bishop (1802–1864)
Person Human Q6134650

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1802
Date of death
1864
Place of birth
Quebec
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada[6][7]
Occupation
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Position held
titular bishop, vicar apostolic[8][9]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Consecrator
Peter Augustine Baines, Andrew Scott, James Kyle[17][18][19]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Catholic Encyclopedia[14][15]
Family name
Gillis[12]
Given name
James[13]
Writing language
English[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Gillis fa جیمز گلیس (اسقف) ru Джеймс Гиллис zh 詹姆斯·吉爾斯
🔖 Identifiers · 20
ISNI
0000000084515124
VIAF cluster ID
46317499
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no89014138
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Right Rev James Gillis historyofstmarga00unknuoft 0008.jpg ↗
British Museum person or institution ID
141753
Catholic Encyclopedia ID
06560c
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
gilli
FAST ID
260441
Freebase ID
/m/0dgnc48
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
149958005
Open Library ID
OL646512A, OL5348392A
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
10750
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Parsifal cluster ID
367014, 389779
Prabook ID
2187302
UK National Archives ID
F43822
Union List of Artist Names ID
500206058
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV12539107
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/150269
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcWqpcVJd8RrCWGK7mTpP
Yale LUX ID
person/2999533a-6558-4865-a61d-0b3fc3d36845

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Summary

James Gillis was born on January 1, 1802[1], in Quebec[2]. He died on January 1, 1864[3]. He worked as a Catholic priest[4] and Catholic bishop[5].

FAQs

Where was James Gillis born?

James Gillis was born in Quebec[2].

What did James Gillis do for work?

James Gillis worked as a Catholic priest[4] and Catholic bishop[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . ustpaul.ca. Retrieved . ustpaul.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . British Museum person-institution thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . British Museum person-institution thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL646512A, OL5348392A
    "Created claim: Open Library ID: OL5348392A, batch #290734"
  2. 29d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL646512A, OL5348392A
    "Created claim: Open Library ID: OL646512A, batch #290620"
  3. 22w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada
    Place of birth → Quebec
    Wikidata description → Canadian-born Scottish bishop (1802–1864)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #35440: add P1810 to P8034"
  4. 26w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Writing language → English
    Parsifal cluster ID → 367014, 389779
    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31085: add P1810 to P12458"
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