Thomas Aloysius Boland

[1] From 1926 to 1938, Boland served as professor of moral theology and canon law at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Darlington, New Jersey.

[5] He received his episcopal consecration on July 25, 1940, from Archbishop Thomas Walsh, with Bishops William A. Griffin and Bartholomew J. Eustace serving as co-consecrators.

[6] He also served as director of the Newark branch of the National Organization for Decent Literature, and as promoter of the archdiocesan synod held in 1941.

[8] At the same ceremony, he received the pallium, a vestment worn by metropolitan bishops, from Archbishop Amleto Cicognani, the apostolic delegate to the United States.

[4] In June 1965, he was named an assistant at the pontifical throne by Pope Paul VI for "establishing numerous parishes, opening many parochial schools and admitting the laity to active participation in the apostolate of the sacred ecclesiastical hierarchy.

In January 1969, a group of 20 priests of the archdiocese accused Boland of adopting a "white racist attitude" toward African Americans and said he must be charged with"...the bigotry of indolence and the prejudice of apathy.

[12] He declared, "No one can truthfully say I have not made every effort to bring to reality those plans which I have felt could be of advantage, whether for spiritual or temporal goals, of the disadvantaged in our midst.

[12]Boland's resignation as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark was accepted by Pope Paul VI on April 2, 1974, after twenty-one years of service.