Michael Foylan

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Michael Foylan (1907–1976) was a Scottish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen from 1964 to 1976.^[1]

Born in Shettleston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire on 29 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 Cardinal 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, aged 68.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Bishop Michael Foylan at Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 4 October 2010.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francis Raymond Walsh	Bishop of Aberdeen 1964–1976	Succeeded by Mario Joseph Conti

Persondata
Name	Matheson, John Alexander
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Date of birth	1907
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Date of death	1976
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