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American prelate
His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Michael William Hyle
Bishop of Wilmington
SeeDiocese of Wilmington
InstalledMay 9, 1960
Term endedDecember 26, 1967
PredecessorEdmond Fitzmaurice
SuccessorThomas Mardaga
Other post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington (1958–1960)
Titular Bishop of Christopolis (1958–1960)
Second Vatican Council Father: Session One (1962)
Second Vatican Council Father: Session Two (1963)
Second Vatican Council Father: Session Three (1964)
Second Vatican Council Father: Session Four (1965)
Orders
OrdinationMarch 12, 1927
by Giuseppe Palica
ConsecrationSeptember 24, 1958
by Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Personal details
Born(1901-10-13)October 13, 1901
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
DiedDecember 26, 1967(1967-12-26) (aged 66)
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
Coat of armsMichael William Hyle's coat of arms

Michael William Hyle (October 13, 1901 – December 26, 1967) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington in Delaware from 1960 until his death in 1967.

Biography

Early life

Michael Hyle was born on October 13, 1901, in Baltimore, Maryland, to John and Elizabeth (née McCloskey) Hyle. He attended St. Charles College in Catonsville, Maryland and afterwards St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, obtaining a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree there in 1922. Hyle then went to Rome to attend the Pontifical North American College and the Urban College of Propaganda, earning a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1926.

Priesthood

Hyle was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Rome by Archbishop Giuseppe Palica on March 12, 1927. After doing pastoral work in Washington, D.C. from 1927 to 1943, Hyle served as pastor at a parish in Libertytown, Maryland, until 1946. Hyle was then transferred to a parish in Bradshaw, Maryland (1946–1957), and finally one in Baltimore (1957–1958).

Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Wilmington

On July 3, 1958, Hyle was appointed coadjutor bishop, with right of succession, of the Diocese of Wilmington and titular bishop of Christopolis by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on September 24, 1958, at the Basilica of the Assumption (Baltimore) from Archbishop Amleto Cicognani, with Archbishop Albert Meyer and Bishop Jerome Sebastian serving as co-consecrators. As coadjutor bishop, Hyle also served as vicar general of the diocese and pastor of Christ Our King Parish.

Upon the retirement of Bishop Edmond Fitzmaurice on March 2, 1960, Hyle succeeded him immediately as the fifth bishop of Wilmington. He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965. He dedicated much of his administration to the implementation of the Council's reforms, encouraging the formation of parish councils and the ecumenical movement. Hyle also established St. Mark's High School in Wilmington and the University of Delaware's Newman Centre (Thomas More Oratory) in Newark, Delaware.

Michael Hyle died on December 26, 1967, at age 66 in Wilmington; he was the first bishop of Wilmington to die while still in office.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded byEdmond John Fitzmaurice Bishop of Wilmington
1960–1967 		Succeeded byThomas Joseph Mardaga

References

  1. ^ Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
  2. ^ "Bishop Michael William Hyle". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  3. St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, Libertytown, Maryland-History
  4. ^ "A Brief History of the Diocese of Wilmington". Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
Bishops
Thomas Albert Andrew Becker
Alfred Allen Paul Curtis
John James Joseph Monaghan
Edmond John Fitzmaurice
Michael William Hyle
Thomas Mardaga
Robert Edward Mulvee
Michael Angelo Saltarelli
William Francis Malooly
William Edward Koenig
Coadjutor bishop
Hubert James Cartwright
Churches
List
List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
Cathedral
Cathedral of St. Peter
Parishes
St. Joseph's Church, Greenville, DE
St. John the Baptist Church, Newark, DE
St. Joseph's Church, Middletown, DE
St. Peter's Church, Queenstown, MD
St. Francis Xavier Church, Warwick, MD
Resurrection Church, Wilmington, DE
Immaculate Conception Parish, Elkton, MD
St. Anthony's Church, Wilmington, DE
St. Catherine of Siena Church, Wilmington, DE
St. Hedwig's Church, Wilmington, DE
St. Joseph's Church, Wilmington, DE
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Wilmington, DE
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Wilmington, DE
Education
High schools
Archmere Academy, Claymont, DE
Padua Academy, Wilmington, DE
Saints Peter and Paul High School, Easton, MD
St. Elizabeth High School, Wilmington, DE
St. Mark's High School, Wilmington, DE
St. Thomas More Preparatory, Magnolia, DE
Salesianum School, Wilmington, DE
Ursuline Academy, Wilmington, DE
Primary schools
Mount Aviat Academy, Childs, MD
St. Edmond's Academy, Wilmington, DE
Immaculate Conception School, Elkton, MD
Former college
St. Mary's College
Priests
John Barres
Benjamin Joseph Keiley
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