Early life Raymond Boland was born in
Monkstown, Cork County, Ireland, on February 8, 1932. He received his early education from the Christian Brothers in
Cork. He trained at
All Hallows College in
Dublin, Ireland, as a missionary priest, while also taking a degree at
University College Dublin.
Priesthood Boland was ordained to the priesthood at All Hallows College by Bishop
Denis J. Moynihan on June 16, 1957, for the
Archdiocese of Washington in the
District of Columbia. Raymond Boland served as pastor of Saint Hugh of Grenoble Parish in
Greenbelt, Maryland, from 1970 to 1973.
Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama Boland was appointed bishop of Birmingham in Alabama on February 2, 1988, by
Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated at the
Cathedral of Saint Paul in Birmingham on March 25, 1988, by Archbishop
Oscar Lipscomb.
Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph Boland was appointed bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph on June 22, 1993, by John Paul II.The Vatican accepted Boland's request for retirement as bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph on May 24, 2005. Boland died on February 27, 2014, in Cork, Ireland. ==References==