Raymond James Boland

Styles of Raymond Boland
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

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, MD ^[1] from 1970 through 1973.

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.

After reports indicated that the death rate of priests from AIDS is at least four times that of the general population, Boland asserted that the AIDS deaths show that priests are human.^[2]

His brother, John Kevin Boland, was the Bishop of Savannah (Georgia).

References

1. ↑
2. ↑ The Gay Priest Problem

Sources

Episcopal succession

Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph
Ordinaries	Bishops of Kansas City John Joseph Hogan Thomas Francis Lillis Edwin Vincent O'Hara Bishops of St. Joseph John Joseph Hogan Maurice Francis Burke Francis Gilfillan Charles Hubert Le Blond Bishops of Kansas City–St. Joseph John Cody Charles Herman Helmsing John Joseph Sullivan Raymond James Boland Robert William Finn James Vann Johnston, Jr.
Auxiliary bishops	John J. Glennon Joseph M. Marling Joseph Vincent Sullivan
Churches	Cathedrals Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of St. Joseph Parishes Sacred Heart Church, Kansas City St. Ludger Church, Germantown Abbey Conception Abbey Former parishes Holy Name Church, Kansas City
Education	Higher education Avila University Rockhurst University High schools Archbishop O'Hara High School, Kansas City Bishop LeBlond High School, St. Joseph Cristo Rey Kansas City High School, Kansas City Notre Dame de Sion, Kansas City Rockhurst High School, Kansas City Saint Pius X Catholic High School, Kansas City St. Teresa's Academy, Kansas City Former high school St. Mary's High School, Independence
Priests	William Wakefield Baum Francis Johannes George Kinzie Fitzsimons Joseph Hubert Hart Michael Francis McAuliffe Lawrence James McNamara
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Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama
Ordinaries	Bishops Joseph Gregory Vath Raymond James Boland David Edward Foley Robert Joseph Baker
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham Parishes St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church, Huntsville Shrine Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Hanceville
Education	High schools Pope John Paul II Catholic High School, Huntsville Holy Family Cristo Rey High School, Birmingham Holy Spirit Catholic School, Tuscaloosa John Carroll Catholic High School, Birmingham Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School, McClellan Independent school St. Bernard Preparatory School, Cullman
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