Priest, Domestic Prelate to Pius XI
1923
Citation:
Upon John Michael Doyle, Bachelor of Arts of the University of Detroit, Master of Arts of the University of Detroit, Licentiate of Theology of St. Mary's College, Baltimore, Chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese, Domestic Prelate of the reigning Pontiff, Pius XI, priest and executive, for that he has in a distinguished and excelling way served his country and his Church in that in the cause of education he has self-sacrificingly labored for that freedom which is our American heritage and for that improvement which is the tradition of the Church, the University of Detroit confers the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws. Commencement, Detroit College, June 8, 1923.