Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil


Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil
(anglicised: Hugh McCaghwell)

Archbishop of Armagh
and Primate of All Ireland
Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil (anglicised Hugh McCaghwell)
Aodh "McAingil" MacCathmhaoil (anglicised: Hugh McCaghwell) by an unknown artist, painted sometime between 1596 and 1626.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArmagh
Appointed17 March 1626
Term ended22 September 1626
PredecessorPeter Lombard
SuccessorHugh O'Reilly
Orders
Consecration7 June 1626
by Gabriel de Trejo
Personal details
Born1571
Dunen (Downpatrick), County Down, Ireland
Died22 September 1626 (aged 55)
College of St. Isidore, Ludovisi, Rome
BuriedChurch of St. Isidore, Ludovisi, Rome
NationalityIrish
DenominationRoman Catholic

Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil, O.F.M. (Latin: Hugo Cavellus; anglicised: Hugh MacCaghwell; 1571 – 22 September 1626), was an Irish Franciscan theologian and Archbishop of Armagh. He was known by Irish speakers at Leuven (Louvain) by the honorary name Aodh Mac Aingil ("Mac Aingil" is Irish for "Son of an Angel"), and it was under this title that he published the Irish work Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAthridhe.