Eugene Matthews (bishop)

Eugene Matthews (1574–1623) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher from 1609 to 1611;[1] and Archbishop of Dublin from 1611 until his death.[2]

The Most Reverend

Eugene Matthews
Archbishop of Dublin, Primate of Ireland
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeArmagh
In office1611–1623
PredecessorMateo de Oviedo
SuccessorThomas Fleming
Previous post(s)Bishop of Clogher
(1609–1611)
Personal details
Born1574
Died1 September 1623

In 1623 he was responsible for the foundation of the Pastoral Irish College at Louvain.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ 'Clogherici: A Dictionary of the Catholic Clergy of the Diocese of Clogher (1535–1835)' P. Ó Gallachair; Clogher Record; Vol. 11, No. 3 (1984), pp. 374–386; Published by: Clogher Historical Society DOI: 10.2307/27695896 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27695896
  2. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  3. ^ '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
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Dublin
1611–1623
Succeeded by