Floyd Lawrence Begin
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
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Floyd Lawrence Begin (February 5, 1902 – April 26, 1977) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Oakland from 1962 until his death in 1977.
Floyd Begin was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the eldest of three children of Peter H. and Stella Agnes (née McFarland) Begin. He received his early education at the parochial schools of St. Columbkille Church and St. Thomas Aquinas Church. He attended Cathedral Latin High School (1916–20) and St. John Cathedral College (1920–22), both in Cleveland. He graduated from St. Ignatius High School (Cleveland) in 1920
Begin then studied for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where he served as assistant to the rector during his studies. He earned a doctorate in philosophy and in theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University. In 1930, he received a doctorate in canon law from the Apollinarus University.
Begin was ordained a priest in Rome on July 31, 1927. Following his return to Ohio, he briefly served as administrator of St. Anthony Church in Canton. From 1930 to 1938, he served as secretary to Bishop Joseph Schrembs as well as vice-chancellor and pro-vicar general of the Diocese of Cleveland.
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