Francis Edward Hyland

Francis Edward Hyland (October 9, 1901 – January 31, 1968) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] He attended Roman Catholic High School for Boys in Philadelphia and then St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

[2] He earned a doctorate in canon law from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1928, then spent ten years as secretary to the Apostolic Delegation in Washington, Returning to Pennsylvania, Hyland served as pastor of the Church of Resurrection Parish in Chester and of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Philadelphia (1941–1949).

[2] He received his episcopal consecration on December 21, 1949, from Cardinal Dennis Dougherty, with Bishops Hugh L. Lamb and J. Carroll McCormick serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral-Basilica of Sts.

[2] Hyland selected as his episcopal motto: "Ad Jesum Per Mariam" (Latin: "To Jesus through Mary").