previous_post predecessor successor death_date consecration birth_place death_place title article_title type see term birth_date ordination name church
auxiliary bishop of burlington -lrb- 1954-1957 -rrb- edward francis ryan john aloysius marshall 2 september 1990 october 28 , 1954 proctor , vermont burlington , vermont bishop of burlington robert francis joyce
 bishop burlington february , 1971 26 , 1957 & mdash ; december 14 7 october 1896 may 26 , 1923 robert francis joyce roman catholic church
robert francis joyce

robert francis joyce -lrb- october 7 , 1896 -- september 2 , 1990 -rrb- was an american prelate of the roman catholic church .
he served as bishop of burlington from 1956 to 1971 .
joyce was born in proctor , vermont , to patrick joseph and ellen -lrb- née connor -rrb- joyce .
after graduating from proctor high school , he studied at the university of vermont and the grand seminary of montreal , canada .
he was ordained to the priesthood by bishop joseph john rice on may 26 , 1923 .
he then did pastoral work in the diocese of burlington until 1927 , when he became principal of the cathedral high school .
after resuming his pastoral ministry in 1932 , he was a chaplain in the u.s. army from 1943 to 1946 .
he later served as a pro-synodal judge and diocesan director of the holy name society .
on july 8 , 1954 , joyce was appointed auxiliary bishop of burlington and titular bishop of `` citium '' by pope pius xii .
he received his episcopal consecration on the following october 28 from bishop edward francis ryan , with bishops matthew francis brady and bernard joseph flanagan serving as co-consecrators .
after the death of bishop ryan , joyce was named the sixth bishop of burlington on december 29 , 1956 , being installed as such on february 26 , 1957 .
he attended the second vatican council from 1962 to 1965 , and served on the national board of the american cancer society for 10 years .
he resigned as bishop on december 14 , 1971 , after a 15-year-long tenure .
joyce later died at age 93 , and was buried at resurrection park in south burlington .
