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RYAN, Patrick John, R. C. archbishop, born in
Cloneyharp, near Thurles, Ireland, 20 February, 1831; died 11 February 1911 at
Philadelphia Pa. He was educated at Thurles and Dublin, and entered Carlow
College, with a view of preparing himself for the American mission. He was
ordained deacon in 1853, and set out the same year for St. Louis, Mo., where he
finished his ecclesiastical studies in Carondelet seminary, and was raised to
the priesthood in 1854.
He rose to be vicar-general, on 15 February, 1872, was
elected coadjutor archbishop of St. Louis, and consecrated under the title of
bishop of Tricomia on 14 April. Owing to the great age of Archbishop Kenrick,
most of the work of governing the diocese fell to his share, and his energetic
and successful. He was nominated archbishop of Philadelphia on 8 June, 1884.
During his reign the church in Philadelphia grew
rapidly. He took a special interest in the Indians and African Americans. Under
his direction Mother (now Saint) Katharine Drexel founded the Sisters of the
Blessed Sacrament, devoted entirely to Blacks and Indians. Bishop Ryan was one
of the prelates that were selected in 1883 to represent the interests of the
Roman Catholics of the United States in Rome.
He was present at the third plenary council of Baltimore
in 1884, at which the opening discourse, "The Church in her Councils," was
pronounced by him. He went to Rome again in 1887 on business connected with the
plan of establishing a Catholic university in Washington. He has published
lectures on "What Catholics do not Believe" (St. Louis, 1877) and "Some of the
Causes of Modern Religious Skepticism" (1883).
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, by John Looby Copyright © 2001
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RYAN, Patrick John, R. C. archbishop, born in Cloneyharp, near Thurles, Ireland, 20 February, 1831. He was educated at Thurles and Dublin, and entered Carlow college, with a view of preparing himself for the American mission. He was ordained deacon in 1853, and set out the same year for St. Louis, No., where he finished his ecclesiastical studies in Carondelet seminary, and was raised to the priesthood in 1854. He rose to be vicar-general, on 15 February, 1872, was elected coadjutorarchbish-op of St. Louis, and consecrated under the title of bishop of Tricomia on 14 April. Owing to the great age of Archbishop Ken-rick, most of the work of governing the diocese fell to his share, and his energetic and successful. He was nominated archbishop of Philadelphia on 8 June, 1884. Bishop Ryan was one of the prelates that were selected in 1883 to represent the interests of the Roman Catho-lies of the United States in Rome. He was present at the third plenary council of Baltimore in 1884, at which the opening discourse, "The Church in her Councils," was pronounced by him. He went to Rome again in 1887 on business connected with the plan of establishing a Catholic university in Washington. He has published lectm'es on "What Catholics do not Believe" (St. Louis, 1877) and "Some of the Causes of Modern Religious Skepticism " (1883).
