Hugh Boyle (bishop)
Hugh Boyle | |
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Born | Dunloy, County Antrim, Ireland | 13 December 1897
Died | 4 December 1986 Pretoria, South Africa | (aged 88)
Education | Propaganda College |
Occupation | Bishop |
Bishop Hugh Boyle, DD (13 December 1897 – 4 December 1986) was an Irish-born Catholic priest who served as a bishop in South Africa.
Biography
Boyle was born in Dunloy, County Antrim, Ireland. After working in Belfast in 1914 he resumed his education at Mungret College in Limerick.[citation needed] In 1920 he went to Propaganda College, Rome, earning a Doctorate in Theology in 1924[1]
He was ordained a priest in Rome in 1923,[2] by Cardinal Van Rossum. He moved to Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1924, and worked as assistant editor of The Southern Cross. Msgr Boyle served as Vicar Apostolic to Diocese of Port Elizabeth in 1948. He served as titular bishop of Bagai from 1948 to 1951.[2]
Dr Boyle was appointed Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on 11 January 1951 and translated to the See of Johannesburg on 18 July 1954. He resigned as Bishop on 2 May 1976.[citation needed]
Bishop Boyle died on 12 December 1986 at Holy Cross Old Age Home, Lady Selbourne, Pretoria.[3]
References
- ^ Rt Rev Hugh Boyle DD Mungret Annual 1949
- ^ a b Bishop Hugh Boyle Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Johannesburg Diocese
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