Robert McNeil Boyd MC, (12 February 1890 – 1 July 1958)[1] was the 11th Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh from 1943[2] until 1945, when he was translated to Derry and Raphoe.[3]
Educated at St Andrew’s College and Trinity College, Dublin[4] and ordained in 1912, his first post was a curacy at Fiddown. From 1915 to 1919 he was a Chaplain to the Forces during which he was awarded the Military Cross. He then held incumbencies at Ballingarry and Shinrone after which he was Dean of St Flannan’s Cathedral, Killaloe, a post he held until his ordination to the episcopate. His first wife died in 1955,[5] remarrying in 1957.[6]
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Preceded by Henry Edmund Patton |
Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh 1943 –1945 |
Succeeded by Hedley Webster |
Preceded by Joseph Irvine Peacocke |
Bishop of Derry and Raphoe 1945 –1958 |
Succeeded by Charles John Tyndall |
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