James Ambrose Cotham, by Joanna Vials Children's_Mindcrafters Books Cruciform design based on Byzantine

Cruciform design based on Byzantine St George’s cross

He worked as a proof reader for a major law firm in the City of London and was at one point the City's oldest employee

by Ray Simpson

He was appointed to the mission in Sheffield in 1775 and despite the short period of his tenure was there long enough to influence the local Catholic population

one of a number of societies dedicated to promoting the use of the Extraordinary Rite

James Ambrose Cotham, by Joanna Vials Children's_Mindcrafters Books Cruciform design based on ByzantineThe Indomitable Mr Cotham: Missioner, Convict Chaplain, and Monk. James Ambrose Cotham OSB (1810 1883), a Douai monk of the English Benedictine Congregation, was active in the early colonial period in Tasmania as a convict chaplain, and after 1851 as a missioner in England with many and varied relationships with family, co workers, and religious communities. From extensive use of his surviving papers, Joanna Vials has researched his mission, colonial