Bishop Boyle

Most Reverend Bishop Paul Michael Boyle C.P. (deceased)

The Food For The Poor family sadly mourns the passing of Bishop Boyle who died earlier today in hospital in Kentucky.

Bishop Boyle was ordained a Passionist priest in 1953 and was appointed Superior General of his Order from 1976 to 1988. Thereafter, Pope John Paul II consecrated him as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Mandeville in Jamaica, a community evangelized and developed by the Passionists.

At an age when most men look forward to completing the evening of their years in peaceful retirement, Bishop Boyle gave up his place as a director on the Board of Food For The Poor in preference for being one of our full-time speakers who, each weekend, appeal to parishes across the nation on behalf of the poor. His last appeal was done on Thanksgiving weekend last year.

His untiring dedication and humility are an everlasting inspiration. May he rest in peace.