Stephen V. Ryan
Most Rev. Stephen V. Ryan, C.M. | |
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| Bishop of Buffalo | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Buffalo |
| In office | 23 April 1847 – 16 April 1867 |
| Predecessor | John Timon |
| Successor | James Edward Quigley |
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| Ordination | 24 June 1849 by Francis Kenrick |
| Consecration | 8 November 1868 by John McCloskey |
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| Born | January 1, 1825 Almonte, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 10, 1896 (aged 71) Buffalo, New York |
Stephen Vincent Ryan, C.M. (January 1, 1825 – April 10, 1896) was a Canadian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Buffalo, New York from 1868 until his death in 1896.
Biography[]
Ryan was born in Almonte, Ontario on January 1, 1825, and later moved with his family to Pennsylvania, where he entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary at Overbrook in 1841.[1] On May 5, 1846, he joined the Congregation of the Mission (also known as the Lazarists or Vincentians) at Cape Girardeau, Missouri.[1] He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Francis Kenrick on June 24, 1849,[2] and named Visitor General of the Congregation of the Mission in the United States in 1857.[1]
On March 3, 1868, Ryan was appointed the second Bishop of Buffalo, New York, by Pope Pius IX.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following November 8 from Archbishop John McCloskey, with Bishops John Loughlin and John Joseph Lynch, C.M., serving as co-consecrators, at St. Joseph's Cathedral.[2] Ryan unified the Catholic school system and established a commission to supervise the work of parochial schools.[3] He founded the diocesan newspaper called The Catholic Union (later known as the Catholic Union and Echo, the Magnificat, and the Western New York Catholic).[4] He also engaged in a public controversy with Arthur Cleveland Coxe, the Episcopal Bishop of Western New York, over the issue of apostolic succession.[3]
Ryan died at Buffalo, aged 71, and was interred next to Bishop John Timon at St. Joseph's Cathedral.[4] His tenure as Bishop spanned 28 years, the longest in the history of the Buffalo Diocese.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c O'Donnell, John Hugh. "Ryan, Stephen". The Catholic Hierarchy of the United States, 1790-1922.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Bishop Stephen Vincent Ryan, C.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Catholic Church in the United States of America. New York: The Catholic Editing Company. 1914.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Most Rev. Stephen V. Ryan, CM". BuffaloDiocese.org. 2009. Archived from the original on July 30, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
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- 1825 births
- 1896 deaths
- Pre-Confederation Canadian emigrants to the United States
- 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Roman Catholic bishops of Buffalo
- American Roman Catholic clergy of Irish descent
- People from Almonte, Ontario
- Vincentian bishops