Andrew Boylan,

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(1842–1910) was an Irish

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of the Roman

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who served as the

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from 1907 to 1910.

Early life and education

It is uncertain where exactly he was born but believed to be in either the

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s of Tonylion or Kilnaleck in the

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of Crosserlough,

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, Ireland on 1 August 1842. Boylan was

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for the Diocese of Kilmore on 31 March 1867. A bright student, he joined the staff of

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and served there as Bursar.

The Redemptorists

The

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arrived in the UK in the 1860s and experienced great growth. At the invitation of several Irish bishops the order came to Ireland in the 1870s and many of the early priests were already diocesan clergy. Boylan felt a calling to the values of the order and was

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a priest of the

on 15 October 1888. When the houses in Ireland were separated from the houses in England in 1898 to form a stand-alone province, Boylan became the first Irish Superior. In this role Boylan was responsible for the arrival of the Irish Redemptorists in

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in 1906 after a long period of consultation with the

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and the civil authorities in the Philippines. He travelled extensively to Italy, the United States and the Philippines and it was little surprise that, when the vacancy occurred, when he was nominated for his native diocese as

Bishop of Kilmore

He was appointed the

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of the Diocese of Kilmore by

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on 13 March 1907. Boylan's

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took place on 19 May 1907; the principal

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was Cardinal

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, and the principal co-consecrators were Joseph Hoare,

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and

Henry Henry Henry Henry (22 May 1846 – 8 March 1908) was an Irish Roman Catholic Prelate and from 1895 until 1908 he held the title Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. He was known for his energy and zeal, as well as his overt activism in local politics, ...

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., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 437., ''A New History of Ireland'', volume IX, p. 350. Bishop Boylan died in office on 25 March 1910, aged 67.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boylan, Andrew 1842 births 1910 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Kilmore 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Christian clergy from County Cavan Redemptorist bishops