Raymond James Boland
Raymond James Boland | |
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| Born | February 8, 1932, Ireland |
| Died | February 27, 2014 (aged 82), County Cork, Ireland |
| Alma mater | All Hallows College University College Dublin |
| Styles of Raymond Boland | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
Raymond James Boland (February 8, 1932 – February 27, 2014) served as the second Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama and the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph.
Biography
Born in Ireland, Boland received his early education from the Christian Brothers in Cork. He trained at All Hallows College (Dublin) as a missionary priest, while also taking a degree at University College Dublin and was ordained to the priesthood on June 16, 1957, for the Archdiocese of Washington. Boland was the pastor of Saint Hugh of Grenoble Church in Greenbelt, Maryland.[1] from 1970-73.[2]
Boland was appointed Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama on February 2, 1988, and consecrated on March 25, 1988. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph on June 22, 1993. The Vatican accepted Boland's request for retirement on May 24, 2005, after which he served as bishop emeritus of the diocese. Boland died on the evening of February 27, 2014, in Cork, Ireland.[citation needed] One of his brothers, John Kevin Boland, was the Bishop of Savannah, Georgia.[3] [citation needed]
References
- ^ "Saint Hugh of Grenoble Church". archive.sthughofgrenoble.org.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "THE MOST REVEREND JOHN KEVIN BOLAND, D.D." Retrieved 2020-07-21.
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Episcopal succession
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- 1932 births
- 2014 deaths
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops
- Alumni of All Hallows College, Dublin
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- American Roman Catholic bishops
- American Roman Catholic clergy of Irish descent
- Irish emigrants to the United States
- Irish Roman Catholic bishops
- People from County Tipperary
- Roman Catholic bishops of Kansas City–Saint Joseph
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama
- Bishops in Alabama