Patrick John Ryan
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The Most Reverend Patrick John Ryan |
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| Archbishop of Philadelphia | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Philadelphia |
| Appointed | 8 July 1884 |
| In office | 1884-1911 |
| Predecessor | James Frederick Wood |
| Successor | Edmond Francis Prendergast |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 September 1852 by Peter Richard Kenrick |
| Consecration | 14 April 1872 by Peter Richard Kenrick |
| Rank | Metropolitan Archbishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 20, 1831 Thurles, Ireland |
| Died | February 11, 1911 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Catholic bishop |
| Previous post | Coadjutor Archbishop of St Louis (1872-1884) |
| Alma mater | Carlow College |
Patrick John Ryan (February 20, 1831 – February 11, 1911) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1884 until his death in 1911.
Patrick Ryan was born in Thurles, County Tipperary, to Jeremiah and Mary Ryan. He received his early education from the Christian Brothers at Thurles, and attended a private school in Dublin from 1842 to 1847. In 1844, he led a delegation of students to Richmond Bridewell Prison, where he delivered an address to the imprisoned Daniel O'Connell. He completed his theological studies at Carlow College in 1852, his education supported by The Foreign Mission Fund, and was ordained a subdeacon. In the same year he left Ireland to come to the United States, where he became attached to the Archdiocese of St. Louis in Missouri. He then served as a professor of English literature at the seminary in Carondelet for a year.
Ryan was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick on September 8, 1853. At age 21, he was below the age requirement for ordination but was granted a dispensation by Pope Pius IX. He was then appointed an assistant rector at the Cathedral of St. Louis, and was advanced to rector in 1856. In 1860, he was named pastor of the Church of the Annunciation in St. Louis, where he built a church and parochial school. During the Civil War, he served as a chaplain at the Gratiot Street Prison. Following the war, he was transferred to St. John's Church in St. Louis, and accompanied Archbishop Kenrick to the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1866. While on a visit to Europe in 1868, he delivered the English course of Lenten lectures in Rome at the invitation of Pius IX. Upon his return to St. Louis later that year, he was made vicar general of the Archdiocese. He administered the Archdiocese while Archbishop Kenrick attended the First Vatican Council.
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