Bishop Raymond James Boland (February 8, 1932 – February 27, 2014) served as the second Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, and as the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph.
Born in Ireland, Bishop Boland received his early education from the Christian Brothers in Cork, and trained at All Hallows College, Dublin, as a missionary priest; he was ordained to the priesthood on June 16, 1957, for the Archdiocese of Washington. After serving as pastor of the Saint Hugh of Grenoble Church in Greenbelt, Maryland between 1970 and 1973, Boland would eventually be appointed as Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama on February 2, 1988 (he was consecrated the following month, on March 25, 1988). In time, Bishop Boland was appointed as bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph on June 22, 1993. The Vatican accepted Bishops 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, and was buried at Saint Michael's Cemetery, Tipperary. He has a cenotaph at Saint Paul's Cathedral in Birmingham beside the grave of Most Reverend Joseph G. Vath (1918-1987), first Bishop of Birmingham and another one at Mount Olivet Cemetery and Mausoleum, Kansas City.
Born in Ireland, Bishop Boland received his early education from the Christian Brothers in Cork, and trained at All Hallows College, Dublin, as a missionary priest; he was ordained to the priesthood on June 16, 1957, for the Archdiocese of Washington. After serving as pastor of the Saint Hugh of Grenoble Church in Greenbelt, Maryland between 1970 and 1973, Boland would eventually be appointed as Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama on February 2, 1988 (he was consecrated the following month, on March 25, 1988). In time, Bishop Boland was appointed as bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph on June 22, 1993. The Vatican accepted Bishops 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, and was buried at Saint Michael's Cemetery, Tipperary. He has a cenotaph at Saint Paul's Cathedral in Birmingham beside the grave of Most Reverend Joseph G. Vath (1918-1987), first Bishop of Birmingham and another one at Mount Olivet Cemetery and Mausoleum, Kansas City.
Bishop Raymond James Boland (February 8, 1932 – February 27, 2014) served as the second Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, and as the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph.
Born in Ireland, Bishop Boland received his early education from the Christian Brothers in Cork, and trained at All Hallows College, Dublin, as a missionary priest; he was ordained to the priesthood on June 16, 1957, for the Archdiocese of Washington. After serving as pastor of the Saint Hugh of Grenoble Church in Greenbelt, Maryland between 1970 and 1973, Boland would eventually be appointed as Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama on February 2, 1988 (he was consecrated the following month, on March 25, 1988). In time, Bishop Boland was appointed as bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph on June 22, 1993. The Vatican accepted Bishops 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, and was buried at Saint Michael's Cemetery, Tipperary. He has a cenotaph at Saint Paul's Cathedral in Birmingham beside the grave of Most Reverend Joseph G. Vath (1918-1987), first Bishop of Birmingham and another one at Mount Olivet Cemetery and Mausoleum, Kansas City.
Born in Ireland, Bishop Boland received his early education from the Christian Brothers in Cork, and trained at All Hallows College, Dublin, as a missionary priest; he was ordained to the priesthood on June 16, 1957, for the Archdiocese of Washington. After serving as pastor of the Saint Hugh of Grenoble Church in Greenbelt, Maryland between 1970 and 1973, Boland would eventually be appointed as Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama on February 2, 1988 (he was consecrated the following month, on March 25, 1988). In time, Bishop Boland was appointed as bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph on June 22, 1993. The Vatican accepted Bishops 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, and was buried at Saint Michael's Cemetery, Tipperary. He has a cenotaph at Saint Paul's Cathedral in Birmingham beside the grave of Most Reverend Joseph G. Vath (1918-1987), first Bishop of Birmingham and another one at Mount Olivet Cemetery and Mausoleum, Kansas City.
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