Francis Edward Hyland (October 9, 1901 – January 31, 1968) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of what was then the Diocese of Atlanta in Georgia from 1956 to 1961. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta from 1949 to 1956.
Hyland was named the first bishop of the recently erected Diocese of Atlanta by Pius XII on July 17, 1956.[2] He was installed at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta on November 8, 1956.[1]
Retirement and legacy
After a five-year-long tenure, he resigned as bishop of Atlanta due to ill health on October 11, 1961; upon accepting his resignation, Pope John XXIII appointed him Titular Bishop of Bisica.[2]
Francis Hyland died in Philadelphia on January 31, 1968, at age 66.[1]