Floyd Lawrence Begin (February 5, 1902 – April 26, 1977) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[2] He served as director of both the Diocesan Council of Catholic Men and the seventh National Eucharistic Congress.

[4] Begin was named vicar general of the diocese in March 1948 and pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Cleveland in January 1949.

[1] During his tenure at St. Agnes, Begin advocated more services for and acceptance of African Americans, who composed most of the parishioners at St.

"[5] On January 27, 1962, Begin was appointed the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Oakland by Pope John XXIII.

[4] The diocese comprised Alameda and Contra Costa Counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, and included 386,000 Catholics.