Edward Bowen (priest)

Edward Bowen (20 March 1828, near Newtowncunningham in the Parish of Taughboyne – 28 July 1897, in London) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the nineteenth century.^[1]

Bowen was educated at University College, Oxford.^[2] He was ordained deacon in 1881 and priest in 1852. After a curacy at Taughboyne he held incumbencies at Baronscourt and Taughboyne. He was Dean of Raphoe from 1882^[3] until his death.^[4] His brother was Sir George Bowen.^[5]

References

1. Documen
2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Bowen, Edward" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p 133: London, Horace Cox, 1885
4. "Primate Alexander, archbishop of Armagh : a memoir" Alexander, E. J. p236: London; Edward Arnold; 1914
5. 'The Donegal-born academic and colonial governor who married a Greek countess in Corfu' (Patrick Comerford, 1 October 2022). https://www.patrickcomerford.com/2022/10/the-donegal-born-academic-and-colonial.html?m=1

Preceded by John Gwynn

Dean of Raphoe 1882–1897

Succeeded by Michael Bell Cox