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Bishop Hugh Boyle, DD (1897–1986) was an Irish-born Catholic priest who served as a bishop in South Africa.
Boyle was born in Dunloy, Co. Antrim. Ireland, after working in Belfast in 1914 he resumed his education at Mungret College in Limerick. In 1920 he went to Propaganda College, Rome, earning a Doctorate in Theology in 1924
He was ordained a priest in Rome in 1923, by Cardinal Van Rossum. He moved to Port Elizabeth, South African in 1924, and worked as assistant editor of 'The Southern Cross'. Msgr Boyle served as Vicar Apostolic to Diocese of Port Elizabeth in 1948.
Dr Boyle was appointed Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on 11 January 1951 and translated to the See of Johannesburg 18 July 1954. He resigned as Bishop on 2 May 1976.
Bishop Boyle died on the 12 December 1986 at Holy Cross Old Age Home, Lady Selbourne, Pretoria.