Ryan, Most Rev. Patrick John

LL.D. (University of the State of New York, through Manhattan ville College of Christian Brothers, 1860), Roman Catholic, archbishop of Philadelphia; b. at Thurles, Ireland, Feb. 20, 1831; completed the ecclesiastical course at Carlow College, Ireland, 1852; was profe or in Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1852-54; rector of the Cathedral in that city, 1855-60; pastor of the Church of the Annunciation, 1860-68, and of St. John's, 1868; vicar-general of the diocese, 1868-84; coadjutor bishop of St. Louis, 1872; archbishop of Philadelphia, Penn., 1884. He preached the English Lenten course in Rome (1868), the dedication sermon of the Cathedral, New-York City (1879), and lectured before the Legislature and University of Mi ouri. He is the author of published lectures on What Catholics do not believe, St. Louis, 1877; Some of the Causes 196 of Modern Religious Scepticism, 1883; and of occasional sermons.