Philip Boyce

Philip Boyce OCD (born 25 January 1940 in Downings, County Donegal) is a Roman Catholic bishop in Ireland.

Life

Boyce went to school in Meevagh at the Derrhassen School and College Castlemartyr in County Cork. After leaving school, he studied philosophy in Dublin and Catholic Theology at the Pontifical Teresianum in Rome, where he was ordained priest on 17 April 1966. Boyce was a member of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites. In 1977, he became a doctor of theology with a thesis on the spirituality of Cardinal John Henry Newman. After finishing his studies, he taught at the Teresianum dogmatics.

On 29 June 1995 by Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop of Raphoe and also in May 1999 as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

Cardinal (Catholicism) Dogmatic theology Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh Dermot Clifford Diarmuid Martin Michael Neary (bishop) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam Francis Duffy (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Liam MacDaid Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher Roman Catholic Diocese of Derry Noel Treanor Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor John McAreavey Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore Michael Smith (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath William Crean Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne John Buckley (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe Brendan Leahy Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick William Lee (bishop of Waterford and Lismore) Denis Brennan Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns Denis Nulty Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory Brendan Kelly (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Achonry John Kirby (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert Christopher Jones (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin Martin Drennan Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Roman Catholic Diocese of Killala Integrated Authority File
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