John I (bishop of Jerusalem) John I (bishop of Jerusalem) John I of Jerusalem was the seventh Bishop of Jerusalem. He was, according to Eusebius, a Jewish Christian born to Jewish parents who kept the Law of the Torah. According to universal tradition, John I replaced the first bishop of Jerusalem Saint James the Just, the ""brother of the Lord,"" who was appointed bishop by the Apostles Peter, St. James (whom Eusebius identifies as James, son of Zebedee) and John. John was well versed in the Law of Moses and as a young man disputed with Christians until he converted with the instruction of St.
John James Rudin until he suffered a fall in 1993 and was confined to a wheelchair. He moved to the St. Teresa Residence in Ossining where he remained until his death. He died on June 14, 1995 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Tarrytown, New York at the age of 78. His funeral Mass was celebrated in the Queen of Apostles Chapel on June 20, 1995. He was buried in the Maryknoll Center Cemetery. John James Rudin John James Rudin, M.M. (November 27, 1916 – June 14, 1995) was an American-born Catholic missionary and bishop. As a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society