About Hugh Boyle
Lived 1897 – 1986 (aged 88). Hugh Boyle was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Bishop Hugh Boyle, DD (13 December 1897 – 4 December 1986) was an Irish-born Catholic priest who served as a bishop in South Africa.
Biography Boyle was born in Dunloy, County Antrim, Ireland. After working in Belfast in 1914 he resumed his education at Mungret College in Limerick. In 1920 he went to Propaganda College, Rome, earning a Doctorate in Theology in 1924
He was ordained a priest in Rome in 1923, by Cardinal Van Rossum. He moved to Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1924, and worked as assistant editor of The Southern Cross. Msgr Boyle served as Vicar Apostolic to Diocese of Port Elizabeth in 1948. He served as titular bishop of Bagai from 1948 to 1951.
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Hugh Boyle was born on 13 December 1897 in Dunloy.
When did Hugh Boyle die?
Hugh Boyle died on 12 December 1986.
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Hugh Boyle was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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