Eugene Matthews (1574–1623) was the
Roman Catholic
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Bishop of Clogher
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from 1609 to 1611; and
Archbishop of Dublin
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from 1611 until his death.
In 1623 he was responsible for the foundation of the
Pastoral Irish College at Louvain.
['Matthew Teige (died 1652), the Irish Pastoral College of Louvain and the "Lectio Catechistica" (1644)' by Michael Dunne, Archivium Hibernicum, Vol. 67 (2014), pp. 35–75 (41 pages). Published by: Catholic Historical Society of Ireland]
See also
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher
The Diocese of Clogher (, ; , ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland. It was formed in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasail as the see for the Kingdom of Uí Chremthainn. It is part of the Province of Armagh.
The original ...
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Roman Catholic bishops of Clogher
17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland
Roman Catholic archbishops of Dublin
1623 deaths
1574 births
Place of birth missing
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