James Rogers (11 July 1826 – 22 March 1903) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the 1st Bishop of Chatham New Brunswick from 1860 to 1902.Rogers was born in Mountcharles County Donegal Ireland and emigrated with his family to Canada in 1831. He was ordained a priest in Halifax Nova Scotia on July 2 1851 and was installed as Bishop of Chatham in 1860. In 1868 Rogers was instrumental in bringing the Religious Hospitallers of St.
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