John Kevin Boland (born April 25, 1935) is an Irish-born American Catholic retired prelate who served as Bishop of Savannah from 1995 to 2011.

[3] In September 1959, Boland arrived in Georgia; the diocese assigned him as assistant pastor at St. Mary on the Hill Parish in Augusta.

While serving at the cathedral, Boland started working on a master's degree, attending the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. during the summers of 1962, 1963 and 1964.

Boland was a board member of the All Hallows Missionary College Fund in Ireland and the Southeast Pastoral Institute in Miami, Florida.

On November 4, 2009, Boland agreed to a $4.24 million lawsuit settlement by the diocese with Allan Ranta, a victim of sexual abuse by Reverend Wayland Y.

Boland released this statement:I am sorry for all the pain and suffering experienced by Mr. Ranta and my prayers go out not only to him, but to all victims of child sexual abuse that each may find the healing they seek.