Boetius Egan (bishop of Elphin)

For other people with the same name, see Boetius Egan.
Styles of
Boetius Egan, O.F.M.
Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style My Lord or Bishop

Boetius Egan (died 1650) was an Irish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin from 1625 to 1650.[1][2]

A Franciscan friar, he was appointed the bishop of the Diocese of Elphin by the Holy See on 9 June 1625 and consecrated the following year.[1][2] After serving the see for nearly twenty-five years, he died in office on 19 April 1650.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1935). Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi (in Latin). Volume 4. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae. p. 182.
  2. 1 2 3 Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 427. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Raymund Galvin
Bishop of Elphin
1625–1650
Succeeded by
See vacant
followed by Dominic de Burgo
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