J. Kevin Boland
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend John Kevin Boland |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Savannah | |
| Archdiocese | Atlanta |
| Diocese | Savannah |
| Appointed | February 7, 1995 |
| Installed | April 18, 1995 |
| Term ended | July 19, 2011 |
| Predecessor | Raymond W. Lessard |
| Successor | Gregory John Hartmayer |
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| Ordination | June 14, 1959 by John Charles McQuaid |
| Consecration | April 18, 1995 by John Francis Donoghue, Raymond W. Lessard, and Raymond James Boland |
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| Born |
April 25, 1935 Monkstown, County Cork, Ireland |
| Motto | Christus in corde |
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Styles of John Kevin Boland |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
John Kevin Boland (born April 25, 1935) is a retired Irish-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah in the United States from 1995 to 2011.
John Kevin Boland was born in Monkstown, County Cork, Ireland in 1935. His parents, John Joseph and Gertrude O’Brien, are deceased. He has three brothers, Frank, Tony and Raymond, who is the former bishop of Kansas City, Missouri.
He attended Christian Brothers College in Cork and All Hallows Seminary in Dublin. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 1959, for the Diocese of Savannah by Archbishop John Charles McQuaid of Dublin.
Boland attended the Catholic University of America (1962–1964), and Fordham University (1987–1989), from which he holds a Master’s Degree. In 1974, he also attended the Pontifical North American College in its Continuing Education program.
He was appointed Bishop of Savannah on February 7, 1995, and his episcopal consecration took place on April 18, 1995, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. Boland reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 on April 25, 2010 and submitted his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI.
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