John Patrick Boles

John Patrick Boles (January 21, 1930 – October 9, 2014) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1992 to 2006.

Early life John Boles was born on January 21, 1930, in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1947 from the St. Sebastian's Country Day Schoo l in Newton, Massachusetts. Deciding to become a priest, Boles entered St. John's Seminary i7n Boston

Priesthood Boles was ordained to the priesthood in Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for the Archdiocese of Boston on February 2, 1955, by Cardinal Richard Cushing. After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Boles as an assistant pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Parish in Medfield, Massachusetts. He was appointed to the faculty of St. Sebastian's in 1957. Boles received a Doctor of Education degree from Boston College in 1965. The next year, he was appointed headmaster of St. Sebastian.