BOLAND, Bishop Ray

BOLAND (Kansas City, Cork and Tipperary) - Thursday, February 27, 2014, in the loving care of the staff at Marymount University Hospital and Hospice, Cork, peacefully, after a short illness, Bishop Ray, lovingly remembered by his brothers, Kevin (Bishop Emeritus Savannah, Georgia), Frank and Tony (Kinsale), his sisters-in-law Mary (Purcell) and Colette (Barrett), his 8 nieces and nephews and 11 grandnieces and grandnephews. Ordained priest in 1957 at All Hallows College, Dublin for Diocese of Washington D.C, ordained Bishop in 1988 for Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, served as Bishop of Kansas City / St. Joseph, Missouri from 1993 to 2005. Lying in repose at the Coburg Street Funeral Home of Jerh O'Connor Ltd. Removal at 7pm on Monday evening March 3. Reception immediately afterwards in St Patrick's Church, Lower Glanmire Road, Cork. Funeral Mass at 12 noon on Tuesday followed at 3.30pm on same day by committal service at St. Michael's Church, Tipperary Town. Interment adjacent to the Church. No flowers please. Donations, if desired, to Marymount Hospice, Curraheen Road, Cork.May he rest in peace.