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Church
  
Roman Catholic Church

Successor
  
See
  
Ordination
  
June 11, 1927

Predecessor
  
none

Consecration
  
December 21, 1949

Name
  
Francis Hyland


In office
  
July 17, 1956—October 11, 1961

Born
  
October 9, 1901Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (
1901-10-09
)

Role
  
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta

Died
  
January 31, 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Francis Edward Hyland (October 9, 1901 – January 31, 1968) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia from 1956 to 1961.

Biography

Francis Hyland was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James and Sarah (née McCarron) Hyland. After attending Roman Catholic High School and at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Michael Crane on June 11, 1927. He earned a doctorate in canon law from the Catholic University of America in 1928, and spent ten years as secretary to the Apostolic Delegation in Washington, D.C. He then served as pastor of the Church of Resurrection in Chester and of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Philadelphia (1941–1949).

On October 15, 1949, Hyland was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia, and Titular Bishop of Gomphi by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 21 from Cardinal Dennis Dougherty, with Bishops Hugh L. Lamb and J. Carroll McCormick serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral-Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul. He selected as his episcopal motto: "Ad Jesum Per Mariam" (Latin: "To Jesus through Mary").

Hyland was named the first Bishop of the recently split Diocese of Atlanta on July 17, 1956. He was formally installed at the Cathedral of Christ the King on November 8 of that year. After a five-year-long tenure, he resigned as Bishop due to ill health on October 11, 1961; upon accepting his resignation, Pope John XXIII also appointed him Titluar Bishop of Bisica. He later died at age 66.

References

Francis Edward Hyland Wikipedia


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