59 linear feet.
4 linear feet of printed material.
Restricted by contract.
Inventory with index.
Catholic priest and canon lawyer; Superior General of the Congregation of the Passion (1976-1989) and Bishop of Mandeville, a Vicariate Apostolic in Jamaica (1991- ).
General correspondence files (1960-1990); lecture notes and student papers from courses on canon law taught by Boyle; correspondence and reports from his tenure as president (1964-1965) of the Canon Law Society of America; subject files (1965-1974) on canon law as it affects religious life; correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and financial reports (1974-1983) from Boyle's close association with Stewardship Services Inc. (La Salette Fathers) and the Religious Communities Trust; minutes and meeting material from Boyle's tenure as president (1969-1974) of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM), with correspondence and committee material from his work as CMSM representative to Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Center for Intercultural Formation, Sacred Congregation for Religious, and Union of Superiors General; and material concerning the 1987 Synod of Bishops on the role of the laity, Vatican finances, the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, and the Pontifical Commission on Religious Life in the United States of America.