Patrick O'Boyle (2 December 1887 – 25 November 1971) was an Irish prelate who served as Bishop of Killala. He was born in Ballina, County Mayo, in 1912. He went to St Jarlath's College, Tuam then

St. Patrick's College, Maynooth St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland ...

. He was ordained priest on 18 June 1911. He taught at

St Muredach's College St Muredach's College is an all-boys secondary school on the banks of the River Moy in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland. It was founded in 1906 to provide a Catholic education for boys in the Killala Diocese. The school building, which was designe ...

, becoming Principal in 1920. O'Boyle was appointed Bishop of Killala on 12 December 1950, and received episcopal ordination on 25 February 1951.

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Roman Catholic bishops of Killala 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth 1887 births 1971 deaths Christian clergy from County Mayo People educated at St Jarlath's College People from Ballina, County Mayo {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub