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Boetius Egan (bishop of Elphin)

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Styles of
Boetius Egan, O.F.M.
Reference styleThe Right Reverend
Spoken styleMy Lord or Bishop

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

A Franciscan friar, Egan 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]

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  1. ^ a b Eubel, Konrad (1935). Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi (in Latin). Vol. 4. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae. p. 182.
  2. ^ a b c 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 Bishop of Elphin
1625–1650
Succeeded by
See vacant
followed by Dominic de Burgo