James Leen

James Leen C.S.Sp. (1888, Abbeyfeale – 19 December 1949) was an Irish member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, who served a Bishop of Port Louis in Mauritius.

Born in 1888 in Abbeyfeale, County Limerick he studied at Rockwell College County Tipperary. He entered Holy Ghost College, Kimmage Manor, to train for the Holy Ghost fathers, and studied at University College Dublin. Sent to Rome in 1915 he gained doctorates in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.

Dr. Leen was ordained a priest in 1920. Returning to Ireland to teach in Kimmage and Blackrock College when theology studies were moved there. Ordained a co-adjuctor Bishop of Port Louis in 1925, succeeding as bishop in 1926. In 1933 he was awarded the personal title archbishop (Tiitular Archbishop of Phasis).

Three of his brothers, Daniel, Edward(Ned), John(Jack) also became Holy Ghost Fathers.