Alfred Jolson

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name = H.E. Msgr. Alfred James Jolson


religion = Roman Catholic Church
See = Diocese of Reykjavík
Title = Bishop of Reykjavík
Period = February 6 1988 - March 21, 1994
Predecessor = H.E. Msgr. Hendrik H. Frehen S.M.M.
Successor = H.E. Msgr. Joannes B.M. Gijsen
date of birth = June 18, 1928
place of birth = Bridgeport, USA
date of death = March 21, 1994
place of death = Pittsburgh, USA|

Alfred James Jolson (June 18, 1928 Bridgeport (USA) - March 21, 1994, Pittsburgh (USA) [Cf. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E6DD113CF936A15750C0A962958260 "The New York Times", Obituaries (March 25, 1994), "Alfred J. Jolson; Bishop of Reykjavik, 65"] ] , was an American Jesuit priest, late Bishop of Diocese of Reykjavík (Iceland).

After being, for several years, teacher and professor in various Jesuit educational institutions in the USA (including Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia), Italy and Iraq, Jolson was made in 1987, bishop of the tiny Catholic diocese of Reykjavik (Iceland). He died suddenly in 1994.

Footnotes

ee also

*Bishop of Reykjavík
*Diocese of Reykjavík
*Christ the King Cathedral, Reykjavík (Iceland)
*Roman Catholicism in Iceland
*Religion in Iceland

External links

* [http://www.vortex.is/catholica/endex.html Roman Catholic Diocese of Reykjavík] en icon is icon