Edwin Owen (3 November 1910 – 2 April 2005) was an Anglican

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in the

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. Owen was educated at

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and Trinity College, Dublin. He was

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in 1935 and was a curate at both Glenageary and Christ Church, Leeson Park, Dublin. He was a minor canon of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin and then chancellor’s vicar and finally

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. From 1942 to 1957 he was the

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at Birr and then

Dean of Killaloe The Dean of Killaloe is based at the Cathedral Church of St Flannan in Killaloe in the united diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church of Ireland. The Dean of Killaloe is also Dean of St Brendans, Clonfert, Dean of Kilfenora ...

Cathedral until 1972. He was elected as the Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert on 1 December 1971 and was consecrated on 25 January 1972. In 1976, the sees of Killaloe and Clonfert were united to those of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, forming the current

Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe The Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe (''Full title'': The United Dioceses of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly) was a former diocese of the Church of Ireland that was located in mid-western Irel ...

, with Owen elected as

Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe The Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert or the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe ( ; ''Full title'': Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly) is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united D ...

on 21 September 1976 and enthroned on 5 December 1976., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 401. He retired on 6 January 1981.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Edwin 1910 births 2005 deaths People educated at The Royal School, Armagh Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Killaloe Bishops of Killaloe and Clonfert Bishops of Limerick and Killaloe 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Place of birth missing