Ernest Bertrand Boland


Ernest Bertrand Boland
Bishop Emeritus of Multan
Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Lahore
Diocese Multan
Appointed May 17, 1966
Installed July 25, 1966
Term ended October 20, 1984
Predecessor Aloysius Louis Scheerer
Successor Patras Yusaf
Orders
Ordination June 9, 1955
by Jerome Hannan
Consecration July 25, 1966
by Russell McVinney, Bernard Matthew Kelly and Fulton J. Sheen
Personal details
Born July 10, 1925
Died May 28, 2023 (aged 97)
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.
Nationality American
Motto Household of God
Styles of
Ernest Bertrand Boland
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Ernest Bertrand Boland OP (July 10, 1925 – May 28, 2023) was an American Roman Catholic bishop.

Boland was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Boland went to Providence College and joined the Dominican order in 1949. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 9, 1955. He was a high school teacher in Columbus, Ohio. He was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Multan, Pakistan and was consecrated on May 17, 1966. Boland served as bishop of the Multan Diocese until 1984. He had lived at Providence College since 1995 and had assisted the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence.

Boland died in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on May 28, 2023, at the age of 97.