Owen LLoyd (1664–1738) was an Irish Anglican

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...

. Lloyd was born in

County Louth County Louth ( ; ) is a coastal Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of County Meath, Meath to the ...

and educated at

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

. He received the degree of

Doctor of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity (DD or DDiv; ) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity (academic discipline), divinity (i.e., Christian theology and Christian ministry, ministry or other theologies. The term is more common in the Englis ...

(DD). He became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1685 and Regius Professor of Divinity there in 1699. Lloyd was

Dean of Connor The Dean of Connor is based at Christ Church Cathedral, Lisburn in the Diocese of Connor (Church of Ireland) within the Church of Ireland. The chapter is however known as the Chapter of St Saviours, Connor after the previous (prior to 1662) cathe ...

from 1709 until his death."Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Vol III p254 Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860

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Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Fellows of Trinity College Dublin Academics of Trinity College Dublin Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Dublin) Deans of Connor Doctors of Divinity 18th-century Irish Anglican priests Christian clergy from County Louth 1738 deaths 1664 births {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub