James Bilsborrow

James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. was an English Roman Catholic prelate and Benedictine priest. He served as the first Archbishop of Cardiff, having previously been Roman [Catholic Diocese of Port-Louis|Bishop of Port-Louis].
Born in Preston, Lancashire on 27 August 1862, he was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict on 23 June 1889. He was appointed the Bishop of the Roman Catholic [Diocese of Port-Louis|Diocese of Port-Louis] in Mauritius on 13 September 1910. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 24 February 1911, the principal consecrator was John [Cuthbert Hedley], Bishop of Newport, and the principal co-consecrators were Peter Augustine O'Neill, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis and Joseph Robert Cowgill, Bishop of Leeds. Six years later, Bilsborrow was appointed the first Archbishop of Cardiff on 7 February 1916.
He resigned the post on 16 December 1920 and appointed Titular Archbishop of Cius. He died on 19 June 1931, aged 68.