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).

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).

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