J. Kevin Boland

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

John Kevin Boland
Bishop Emeritus of Savannah
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Bishop Boland in 2015
Diocese Savannah
AppointedFebruary 7, 1995
InstalledApril 18, 1995
RetiredJuly 19, 2011
Predecessor Raymond W. Lessard
Successor Gregory John Hartmayer
Orders
OrdinationJune 14, 1959
by  John Charles McQuaid
ConsecrationApril 18, 1995
by  John Francis Donoghue, Raymond W. Lessard, and Raymond James Boland
Personal details
Born (1935-04-25) April 25, 1935 (age 89)
Monkstown, County Cork, Ireland
Education Christian Brothers College, Cork
All Hallows College
MottoChristus in corde
(Christ in the heart)
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John Kevin Boland
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Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

John Kevin Boland (born April 25, 1935) is an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Boland served as bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia from 1995 to 2011. [1]

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Biography

Early life

John Boland was born in Monkstown, County Cork, Ireland on April 25, 1935, to John Joseph and Gertrude O’Brien. His brother, Raymond Boland, served as bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph in Missouri. [2] John Boland attended Christian Brothers College in Cork and All Hallows Seminary in Dublin. [2]

Priesthood

On June 14, 1959, Boland was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Savannah by Archbishop John McQuaid in Dublin. In September 1959, Boland arrived in Georgia to become assistant pastor at St. Mary on the Hill Parish in Augusta. In 1961, he was posted as associate pastor at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Parish in Savannah, remaining there until 1962. While serving at the cathedral, Boland started working on a master's degree, attending the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. during the summers of 1962, 1963 and 1964. [3]

Boland was appointed pastor in 1967 of St. Michael Parish in Tybee Island, Georgia, staying there until 1968. In 1970, the bishop named him rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Boland was transferred in 1972 to Blessed Sacrament Parish in Savannah. In 1974, Boland attended the continuing education program of the Pontifical North American College in Rome. [2]

In 1983, Boland was appointed pastor of St. Anne Parish in Columbus, Georgia. While serving in Columbus, he finished his master's degree at Fordham University in New York City in 1989. [2]

Bishop of Savannah

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Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah, Georgia

On February 7, 1995, Pope John Paul II appointed Boland as bishop of the Diocese of Savannah. His episcopal ordination by Archbishop John Donoghue took place on April 18, 1995, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. [2]

In the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Boland was a member of the Pastoral Practices Committee, the Region IV representative to the USCCB Administrative Committee and a member of the USCCB Communications Committee. In November 2001, he was named chair of the Committee on Marriage and Family Life. [2] In November 2002, Boland became a member of the USCCB Budget and Finance Committee.

Boland was a board member of the All Hallows Missionary College Fund in Ireland and the Southeast Pastoral Institute in Miami, Florida. He served as a trustee for Catholic Mutual Group, a church-run insurance company.

In 2003, Boland wrote a letter to the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus, expressing concerns about Reverend Donald J. McGuire. McGuire was a Jesuit priest who organized youth retreats in Georgia. Boland was forwarding the complaints of a Georgia couple whose son had attended one retreat. The boy later told his parents that McGuire had shown him pornography and shared a bed with him. In 2006, McGuire was convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to 25 years in prison. [4]

On November 4, 2009, Boland agreed to a $4.24 million lawsuit settlement by the diocese with Allan Ranta, a victim of sexual abuse by Reverend Wayland Y. Brown. Boland released this statement:

I am sorry for all the pain and suffering experienced by Mr. Ranta and my prayers go out not only to him, but to all victims of child sexual abuse that each may find the healing they seek. [5]

Retirement and legacy

Boland reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 on April 25, 2010, and submitted his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI. It was accepted by the pope on July 19, 2011. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "John Kevin Boland-Diocese of Savannah". Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Biography - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah". www.diosav.org. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Skutch, Jan. "Savannah Bishop Emeritus Boland celebrates 60 years as priest here". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bishop Sought Help for Alleged Sex-Abuse Victim, by Dana Clark Felty, Savannah Morning News, November 1, 2007". www.bishop-accountability.org. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Savannah Diocese Settles Priest Sex Abuse Case for $4.2 Million". Claims Journal. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Bishop John Kevin Boland [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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