Thomas Raymond Hyland

Thomas Raymond Hyland was an Irish Dominican priest who served as Coadjutor Bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles ( and Titular Bishop of Evaria).[1]

Hyland was born in Dublin, on November 3, 1837, in February 1856 he entered St. Mary's Priory, Tallaght, to become a Dominican. In 1864 he was ordained, a priest of the Order of Friars Preachers(Dominicans), completing his studies in Rome where he obtained a degree in theology. He served as prior to the Dominican house and Holy Cross Church in Tralee, Co. Kerry, when he was appointed Bishop.[2] Mgr. Hyland was ordained a Bishop at the Basilica of San Clemente, Rome, in 1882.[3]

Hyland died on October 8, 1884, in Trinidad, after contracting typhoid.[2]

References
  1. Bishop Thomas Raymond Hyland, O.P. Catholic Hierarchy.
  2. 'Church and Society in Trinidad 1864-1900, Part 3' By Rev. John T. Harricharan M.A.
  3. 'Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H' By Frederic Boase.
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