Raymond Aloysius Lane

Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (January 2, 1894—July 31, 1974) was an American Roman Catholic missionary. He served as Bishop of Fushun and Superior General of Maryknoll Fathers (1946-1956).

Biography Raymond Lane was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to Michael and Anastasia (née Doyle) Lane. After graduating from St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, he declined a chance to enter West Point and turned away from business (with the Rexall drug chain) to become a priest. He then entered Maryknoll Preparatory Seminary in Scranton, Pennsylvania, making his profession in 1913.

Lane served as general procurator of the Maryknoll Fathers for some years before being assigned to Hong Kong in 1923. From 1925 to 1929, he was the first superior of the Maryknoll mission in Manchuria.

When his vicariate was elevated to the rank of a diocese, Lane was named the first Bishop of Fushun on April 11, 1946. Shortly afterwards, he was elected Superior General of the Maryknoll Fathers on August 7 of that year. After ten years as superior general, he resigned on August 6, 1956.