Michael Foylan
Michael Foylan (29 June 1907 – 28 May 1976) was a Scottish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen from 1964 to 1976.[1]
Born in Shettleston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire in June 1907, he was ordained a priest on 5 July 1931. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen by the Holy See on 8 December 1964, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 25 March 1965. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Gordon Joseph Gray, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Joseph Michael McGee and Bishop William Andrew Hart. He attended the fourth session of the Second Vatican Council in 1965.[1]
He died in office on 28 May 1976 at the age of 68.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Bishop Michael Foylan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1976 deaths
- Bishops of Aberdeen
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Scotland