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Christopher Boylan

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Rev. Dr. Christopher H. Boylan, DD, was an Irish Priest who served as Rector of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome. A priest in the Diocese of Meath, Dr. Boylan was professor of Hebrew from 1816[1] and was a Professor of English Elocution from 1818, and jointly professor of English Elocution and French Language from 1820[2] in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.

Dr. Boylan was appointed by Bishop Daniel Murray to succeed Dr Michael Blake as Rector in 1828, and he was succeeded by the future Cardinal Dr.Paul Cullen, shortly afterwards in 1832 due to ill health Dr Boylan returned to Ireland, and died shortly afterwards.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kalendarium Maynooth Archived 2017-12-05 at the Wayback Machine Maynooth College
  2. ^ Royal Commission on Irish Education : eighth report with appendix (Maynooth), 1827.
  3. ^ 'Paul Cardinal Cullen and the Shaping of Modern Irish Catholicism' By Desmond Bowen.
Academic offices
Preceded by Rectors of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome
1828–1830
Succeeded by