Alfred James Jolson,
S.J., (June 18, 1928 – March 21, 1994), was an American
prelate
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of the
Catholic Church
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who served as the
Bishop of Reykjavík from 1988 until his death in 1994.
After several years of teaching in various Jesuit educational institutions in the United States (including
Saint Joseph's University
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, Philadelphia),
Italy
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, and
Iraq
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, Jolson was appointed to the
Diocese of Reykjavík by
Pope John Paul II
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In his you ...
in 1987. Jolson died suddenly in 1994.
Cf.
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br>''The New York Times'', Obituaries (March 25, 1994), ''Alfred J. Jolson; Bishop of Reykjavik, 65''
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See also
* Bishop of Reykjavík
* Diocese of Reykjavík
* Christ the King Cathedral, Reykjavík (Iceland)
* Roman Catholicism in Iceland
* Christianity in Iceland
References
External links
Roman Catholic Diocese of Reykjavík
People from Bridgeport, Connecticut
20th-century American Jesuits
Jesuit bishops
American Roman Catholic priests
Saint Joseph's University faculty
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Iceland
1928 births
1994 deaths
Icelandic Jesuits
Roman Catholic bishops of Reykjavík
Catholics from Connecticut
Wheeling University faculty
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
Boston College alumni
Harvard Business School alumni
20th-century American Roman Catholic bishops
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