Biography:

Priest, writer and editor. Born– March 23, 1873, Westpark Drum, Ireland. Parents– Owen and Margaret Laetitia (Durney) Coyle. Education–Mungret College, Limerick, Ireland, B.A., 1893, graduated from Collegio Americano del Nord in Rome, Italy. Ordained Roman Catholic priest in Rome, 1896. Assigned to the Cathedral Missions in Mobile and Baldwin County, 1896-1899; Rector of McGill Institute (School for Boys), 1899-1904. Pastor; St. Paul’s Church, Birmingham, 1904-1921. Appointed Dean of North Alabama, 1915. Published articles and poems in newspapers and magazines; founded district newsletter “The Catholic Monthly” and served as its editor.  Member Knights of Columbus.  Died (victim of a widely publicized murder), August 11, 1921.

Source:

Lovett, Rose Gibbons.  Centennial History of St. Paul’s Parish, Birmingham, Alabama, 1872-1972. Birmingham, 1972.

Various articles in The Birmingham News, August 12-15. 1921.

Publication(s):

Rosemary and Violets. Birmingham, Ala.; Dispatch Printing and Stationary Co., 1922.

Editor:

The Catholic Monthly.