Raymond James Boland
Catholic bishop
Raymond James Boland (February 8, 1932 – February 27, 2014) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama from 1988 to 1993 and the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph in Missouri from 1993 to 2005.
Biography
Early life
Raymond Boland was born in Monkstown, Cork County, Ireland, on February 8, 1932. He received his early education from the Christian Brothers in Cork. He trained at All Hallows College in Dublin, Ireland, as a missionary priest, while also taking a degree at University College Dublin.
Priesthood
Boland was ordained to the priesthood at All Hallows College by Bishop Denis J. Moynihan on June 16, 1957, for the Archdiocese of Washington in the District of Columbia. He and his brother, J. Kevin Boland, were one of two brother pairs ordained at the same year. Kevin Boland later became bishop of Savannah. Raymond Boland served as pastor of Saint Hugh of Grenoble Parish in Greenbelt, Maryland, from 1970 to 1973.
Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama
Boland was appointed bishop of Birmingham in Alabama on February 2, 1988, by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Birmingham on March 25, 1988, by Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb.
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