Alfred James Jolson, S.J., (June 18, 1928 – March 21, 1994), was an American

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of the

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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

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, Philadelphia),

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, and

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, Jolson was appointed to the Diocese of Reykjavík by

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in 1987. Jolson died suddenly in 1994.

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