Priesthood
On December 23, 1922, Boland was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Following his return to New Jersey, he was first assigned as a curate at St. Catherine's Church in Hillside. He also served at St. Mary's Church in Nutley. In addition to his pastoral duties, he taught Sacred Scripture and classical languages at Seton Hall Preparatory School and Seton Hall College.
From 1926 to 1938, Boland served as professor of moral theology and canon law at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Darlington. In 1933, he became an official of the archdiocesan tribunal with the duty of adjudicating marriages of questionable validity. That same year, he was named moderator of priests' conferences. He was chancellor of the archdiocese from 1938 to 1940.
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