Background
Boland, Thomas Aloysius was born on February 17, 1896 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Peter and Ellen (O'Rourke) Boland.
Boland, Thomas Aloysius was born on February 17, 1896 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Peter and Ellen (O'Rourke) Boland.
AB, AM, Seton Hall University, 1919. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Seton Hall University, 1940. Doctor of Divinity, North American College, 1923.
Teacher moral theology and cannon law, Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington, New Jersey, 1923-1938; chancellor, Archdiocese of Newark, 1938-1940; titular bishop of Hirina, auxiliary to Archbishop of Newark and rector of Immaculate Conception Seminary, 1940-1947; bishopof, Patterson Diocese, New Jersey, 1947-1953; archbishop of Newark, from 1953; M C.