George Theodore Boileau (September 12, 1912 – February 25, 1965) was an American prelate of the

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church. He served as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Fairbanks in Alaska for seven months from August 1964 to February 1965. George Boileau was born in Lothrop, Montana. He was ordained a priest in San Francisco by Archbishop

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for the

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on June 13, 1948. On April 21, 1964, Boileau was appointed titular bishop of Ausuccurra and

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of the Diocese of Fairbanks,

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; he was consecrated by Cardinal

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on July 31, 1964. Boileau attended the

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in Fall 1964 in Rome. Boileau died before assuming the office of bishop on February 25, 1965.George Theodore Boileau
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, is named Boileau Hall in his honor.

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