Alfred Jolson

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H.E. Msgr. Alfred James Jolson

Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Reykjavík
Title	Bishop of Reykjavík
Period in office	February 6, 1988 - March 21, 1994
Predecessor	H.E. Msgr. Hendrik H. Frehen S.M.M.
Successor	H.E. Msgr. Joannes B.M. Gijsen
Personal
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)^[1], 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, Italy and Irak, Jolson was made in 1987, bishop of the tiny Catholic diocese of Reykjavik (Iceland). He died suddenly in 1994.

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Cf. The New York Times, Obituaries (March 25, 1994), Alfred J. Jolson; Bishop of Reykjavik, 65

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Reykjavík (English) (Icelandic)