Thomas Aloysius Boland
Thomas Aloysius Boland (born February 17, 1896 in Orange , New Jersey , USA ; † March 16, 1979 ibid) was an American Roman Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of Newark .
Life
Thomas Aloysius Boland studied first at Seton Hall College and then at the Pontifical North America College in Rome. Here he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Newark on December 23, 1922 and then taught moral theology and canon law .
On May 21, 1940, Pope Pius XII appointed him . the titular bishop of Hirina and auxiliary bishop in Newark. He was ordained episcopal on July 25th of that year by the Archbishop of Newark, Thomas Joseph Walsh . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Trenton , William Aloysius Griffin , and the Bishop of Camden , Bartholomew Joseph Eustace .
Pope Pius XII appointed him Bishop of Paterson on June 21, 1947 . After the death of Archbishop Walsh, he was appointed second Archbishop of Newark on November 15, 1952. The inauguration took place on January 14 of the following year.
In 1954, he was the newly built Sacred Heart - Cathedral inaugurate. In the race riots of 1960 and 1967, the so-called Newark Riots, Boland campaigned for the civil rights of African Americans .
He participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a council father.
Pope Paul VI accepted his age-related resignation on March 25, 1974.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Most Reverend Thomas A. Boland, STD, LL.D. , Archdiocese of Newark home page, accessed February 18, 2016
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Joseph Walsh |
Archbishop of Newark 1952–1974 |
Peter Leo Gerety |
| Thomas Henry McLaughlin |
Bishop of Paterson 1947–1952 |
James Aloysius McNulty |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boland, Thomas Aloysius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Roman Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of Newark |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange , New Jersey , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1979 |
| Place of death | Orange , New Jersey , USA |