Raymond James Boland

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.

Raymond James Boland
Personal details
BornFebruary 8, 1932, Ireland
DiedFebruary 27, 2014(2014-02-27) (aged 82), County Cork, Ireland
Alma materAll Hallows College
University College Dublin
Styles of
Raymond Boland
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor

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. One of his brothers, John Kevin Boland, was the Bishop of Savannah, Georgia.[3]

References
  1. "Saint Hugh of Grenoble Church". archive.sthughofgrenoble.org.
  3. "THE MOST REVEREND JOHN KEVIN BOLAND, D.D." Retrieved 2020-07-21.

Episcopal succession
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Joseph Gregory Vath		 Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama
1988–1993		 Succeeded by
David Edward Foley
Preceded by
John Joseph Sullivan		 Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
1993–2005		 Succeeded by
Robert William Finn
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