Boetius Egan (bishop of Elphin) explained

Bishop Name:	Boetius Egan, O.F.M.
Dipstyle:	The Right Reverend
Offstyle:	My 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]

See also

• Egan (surname)
• Mac Aodhagáin

References

Notes and References

1. Book: Eubel, Konrad . Konrad Eubel

   . Konrad Eubel . 1935 . Latin . Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi . 4 . Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae . 182.

2. Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd, reprinted 2003 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 427.