Francis Edward Hyland was an American

United States

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 prelate

Prelate

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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. He served as Bishop of Atlanta from 1956 to 1961.

Biography

Francis Hyland was born in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, to James and Sarah (née McCarron) Hyland. After attending Roman Catholic High School

Roman Catholic High School for Boys

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 and at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary

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, he was ordained

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 to the priesthood

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 by Bishop Michael Crane

Michael Joseph Crane

Michael Joseph Crane was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1921 until his death in 1928.-Biography:...

 on June 11, 1927. He earned a doctorate in canon law

Doctor of Canon Law

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 from the Catholic University of America

The Catholic University of America

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 in 1928, and spent ten years as secretary

Secretary

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 to the Apostolic Delegation in Washington, D.C. He then served as pastor

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 of the Church of Resurrection in Chester

Chester, Pennsylvania

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 and of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Philadelphia (1941–1949).

On October 15, 1949, Hyland was appointed Auxiliary Bishop

Auxiliary bishop

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 of Savannah-Atlanta

Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah

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, Georgia

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, and Titular Bishop

Titular bishop

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 of Gomphi

Gomfoi

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by Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII

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. He received his episcopal consecration

Bishop (Catholic Church)

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 on the following December 21 from Cardinal Dennis Dougherty

Dennis Joseph Dougherty

Dennis Joseph Dougherty was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1918 until his death in 1951, and was created a cardinal in 1921.-Early life and education:...

, with Bishops Hugh L. Lamb

Hugh L. Lamb

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 and J. Carroll McCormick

Joseph Carroll McCormick

Joseph Carroll McCormick was a Roman Catholic bishop.He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook and the Pontifical Roman Seminary in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood by his uncle, Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty, on July 10, 1932...

 serving as co-consecrators

Consecrator

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, at the Cathedral-Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul. He selected as his episcopal motto

Motto

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: "Ad Jesum Per Mariam" (Latin

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: "To Jesus

Jesus

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 through Mary

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").

Hyland was named the first Bishop

Ordinary

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 of the recently-split Diocese of Atlanta

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta

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 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

Pope John XXIII

-Papal election:Following the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, Roncalli was elected Pope, to his great surprise. He had even arrived in the Vatican with a return train ticket to Venice. Many had considered Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan, a possible candidate, but, although archbishop...

also appointed him Titluar Bishop of Bisica. He later died at age 66.