James Dey
In 1935, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military, in succession to Keatinge, and he was subsequently consecrated as Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia.[5] In 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War, he was posted to France as chaplain to the Connaught Rangers, 2nd Infantry Division, as part of the British Expeditionary Force.[3][6] On 1 January 1917, he was appointed Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) "in connection with Military Operations in the Field".[11] In 1929, Dey was appointed head of St Mary's College, Oscott, his former seminary, by Thomas Leighton Williams, the new Archbishop of Birmingham.[1] On 28 January 1936, he took part in the funeral procession of George V from Westminster Hall to Windsor, as one of seven selected military chaplains.[3] During the Second World War, he was additionally Vicar Delegate for Catholic American servicemen who were serving in Britain.