Christopher H. Boylan was an Irish Priest who served as Rector of the

Pontifical Irish College The Pontifical Irish College is a Roman Catholic seminary for the training and education of priests, in Rome. The College is located at #1, Via dei Santi Quattro, and serves as a residence for clerical students from all over the world. Designated ...

, Rome. A priest in the Diocese of Meath, Dr. Boylan was professor of Hebrew from 1816 and was a Professor of English Elocution from 1818, and jointly professor of English Elocution and French Language from 1820 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.'Paul Cardinal Cullen and the Shaping of Modern Irish Catholicism' By Desmond Bowen.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boylan, Christopher 1789 births 1832 deaths 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests