Hugh Charles Boyle

Hugh Charles Boyle (October 8, 1873 – December 22, 1950) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania from 1921 until his death in 1950.

Biography

Early life Hugh Boyle was born on October 8, 1873, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, one of nine children of Charles and Anna (née Keelan) Boyle. His father was an Irish immigrant who worked as a coal miner. He received his early education at local parochial schools, and enrolled at St. Vincent College in Latrobe at age 14. During the 1889 Johnstown Flood, his father and most of his siblings drowned; only his mother and one brother survived. He began his studies for the priesthood at St. Vincent Seminary, also in Latrobe, in 1891. After his ordination, the diocese assigned Boyle as a curate at St. Aloysius Parish in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, where he remained for five years. He received his episcopal consecration at Saint Paul Cathedral on June 29, 1921, from Canevin, with Bishops Philip R. McDevitt and John McCort serving as co-consecrators. In 1941, Boyels established the Catholic Workers' School in Pittsburgh.