Roger Boyle (1617?1687) was an Irish Protestant churchman,
Bishop of Down and Connor
The Bishop of Down and Connor () is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Downpatrick (located in County Down) and the village of Connor (located in County Antrim) in Northern Ireland. The title is still used by the Catholic C ...
and
Bishop of Clogher
The Bishop of Clogher (, ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and ...
.
Life
He was 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 ...
, where he was
elected a Scholar in 1638 and later became a fellow. On the outbreak of the
Irish Rebellion of 1641
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was an uprising in Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, initiated on 23 October 1641 by Catholic gentry and military officers. Their demands included an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and ...
he became tutor to
The 5th Marquess of Winchester, in whose family he remained until the
Restoration of 1660. In 1661 he became rector of
Carrigaline
Carrigaline (; ) is a town and civil parish in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, situated on the River Owenabue. Located about south of Cork (city), Cork city, and with a population of 18,239 people, it is one of the largest commuter ...
and of
Ringrone in the
diocese of Cork
The Diocese of Cork was established in the seventh century. The diocese of Cork was one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail on an ancient bishopric founded by Saint Finbarr in the sixth-century. On 30 July 1326, P ...
. He was
Precentor
A precentor is a person who helps facilitate worship. The details vary depending on the religion, denomination, and era in question. The Latin derivation is ''præcentor'', from cantor, meaning "the one who sings before" (or alternatively, "first ...
of
Ross Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St. Fachtna, also known as the Cathedral Church of St Faughan, Ross Cathedral, and Rosscarbery Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Rosscarbery, County Cork in Ireland. Located in the ecclesiastical prov ...
from February to September 1663 and
Treasurer
A treasurer is a person responsible for the financial operations of a government, business, or other organization.
Government
The treasury of a country is the department responsible for the country's economy, finance and revenue. The treasure ...
of
Cloyne Cathedral
St. Colman's Cathedral, Cloyne ( Irish: ) is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Cloyne, County Cork in Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin.
Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Cloyne, it is now one of three ca ...
from then to 1667; He was advanced to the
deanery
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of ...
of
Cork
"Cork" or "CORK" may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Stopper (plug), or "cork", a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
*** Wine cork an item to seal or reseal wine
Places Ireland
* ...
, and on 12 September 1667 he was promoted to the see of Down and Connor. On 21 September 1672 he was translated to the see of Clogher. He died at
Clones
Clone or Clones or Cloning or Cloned or The Clone may refer to:
Places
* Clones, County Fermanagh, Ireland
* Clones, County Monaghan, a town in Ireland
* Clones railway station, Ireland
Biology
* Clone (B-cell), a lymphocyte clone, the massiv ...
on 26 November 1687, in the seventieth year of his age, and was buried in the church at Clones.
[T. F. Henderson, ‘Boyle, Roger (1617/18?–1687)’, rev. Jason Mc Elligott, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200]
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Works
He was the author of ''Inquisitio in fidem Christianorum hujus Sæculi,'' Dublin, 1665, and ''Summa Theologiæ Christianæ,'' Dublin, 1681. His commonplace book on various subjects, together with an abstract of Sir Kenelm Digby
Sir Kenelm Digby (11 July 1603 – 11 June 1665) was an English courtier and diplomat. He was also a highly reputed natural philosopher, astrologer and known as a leading Roman Catholic intellectual and Blackloist. For his versatility, he is ...
's ''Treatise of Bodies,'' is in manuscript in Trinity College Library, Dublin.
References
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1617 births
1687 deaths
Bishops of Clogher (Church of Ireland)
Bishops of Down and Connor (Church of Ireland)
Deans of Cork
People from Clones, County Monaghan
Scholars of Trinity College Dublin
17th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland