Paul Michael Boyle
Paul Michael Boyle CP (born May 28, 1926 in Detroit , Michigan , USA , † January 10, 2008 in Louisville , Kentucky ) was an American Roman Catholic Bishop of Mandeville and former Passionist Superior General .
Life
Paul Michael Boyle made his perpetual profession in 1946 with the religious order of the Passionists in their western province in the USA. He was ordained a priest on May 30, 1953 in Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated from the Catholic University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul , Minnesota in 1955 in theology , and from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome he graduated in 1957 in canon law .
From 1964 to 1965 he was President of the Canon Law Society of America (CLSA), from 1965 to 1968 its executive director. In 1968 he was elected Provincial of the Passionists in Chicago . From 1969 to 1974 Boyle was President of the Conference of Major Superiors (CMSM), the Conference of Religious Superiors and from 1974 to 1976 President of "Stewardship Services Inc.", a company of the CMSM for the financial support of religious organizations. In 1976 he was the founding president of an investment trust for religious organizations. From 1976 to 1988 he was Superior General of the Passionists.
On April 15, 1991, he was named Titular Bishop of Canapium and Vicar Apostolic in Mandeville, Jamaica, by Pope John Paul II . The episcopal ordination donated him the Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica , Samuel Emmanuel Carter on June 9, 1991; Co- consecrators were Edgerton Roland Clarke , Bishop of Montego Bay , and Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey , Bishop of Orlando . With the official establishment of the diocese of Mandeville on November 21, 1997, the appointment as the first bishop of the diocese took place. Boyle was involved in the AEC (Antilles Episcopal Conference), the bishops' conference of the West Indies ( Caribbean ).
Boyle was the founder of the Mandeville Mission Society.
On July 6, 2004, Pope John Paul II accepted Paul Michael Boyle's resignation due to old age. He then returned to his home country and lived in the Passionist Convent in Louisville.
Web links
- Entry for Paul Michael Boyle on catholic-hierarchy.org
- "Death of Bishop Paul Michael Boyle CP"
- "Caribbean Challenge: a New Diocese in Jamaica, West Indies"
- Archive Paul Michael Boyle at the University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA)
Individual evidence
- ^ Catholic Standard (Georgetown), Jan. 11, 2008, p. 4.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| --- |
Bishop of Mandeville 1997-2004 |
Gordon Dunlap Bennett |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boyle, Paul Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Roman Catholic Bishop of Mandeville and former Passionist Superior General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 2008 |
| Place of death | Louisville , Kentucky |