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latter year the English course of Lenten lectures in Rome. He was appointed vicar-general upon his return to St. Louis in 1868, and was adminis- trator of the diocese during Archbisliop Kenrick's absence while attending the Vatican council; was consecrated Bishop of Triconiia (Palestine) i. p. i., and coadjutor to the archbishop of St. Louis. April 14. 1872. by Archbishop Kenrick, assisted by Bishops Feehan and Melcher; pro- moted archbishop coadjutor, and translated to the titular see of Salamis (Greece). Jan. 6. 1884, and transferred as archbishop to Philadelphia,

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June 8, 1884. In 1877 he delivered, on invitation, two lectures before the legislature of Missouri; in 1879 he preached at the dedication of the New Y'ork cathedral; and in 188.5 preached on the occa- sion of the bestowal of the pallium on Archbishop Corrigan. In November. 1883, he visited Rome to participate in the deliberations of the Ameri- can archbishops before the Third plenary council of Baltimore, and preached the opening sermon of the council in November, 1884, as well as the centennial sermon of the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy of the United States in 1889; was chosen orator by Cardinal Gibbons, when the latter received the cardinal's hat in 1886; preached the sermon at the laying of the corner-stone of the National Irish Church of Patrick in Rome, 1888, and delivered the address to his holiness Leo XIII., on presenting him with a copy of the constitution of the United States, the gift of President Grover Cleveland, on the occasion of the Pope's Episcopal jubilee in 1888. The sil- ver jubilee of Archbishop Ryan's elevation to the see of Philadelphia was celebrated by the Cath- olic Province of the Archdiocese of that city with elaborate ceremony in 1897. His pul)lishod lec- tures include: ]Miat Catholics (Jo not Believe (1877); The Causes of Modern Religious Skepti- cism (1H8.3); Agnosticism (189.5). In 1902 Arch- bi.shop Ryan dedicated the new R.C. chapel of St. Maron in Philadelphia, the house of worship for the Maronites, who are permitted to use their ancient liturgy in the Cyro-Chaldaic tongue. Archbishop Ryan received the honorary degree of

LL.D. from the University of New York in 1864, and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1886, and was closely identified as one of the trustees with the promotion of the American Catholic university at Washington, D.C. A jubilee cele- bration in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Archbishop Ryan's ordination was arranged for Sept. 8. 190:}. by the clergy of the archdiocese.

RYAN, Stephen Vincent, R.C. bishop, was born in Ahiumte, Ontario. Jan. 1. 1825; son of Martin and Catiierine (McCarthy) Ryan. Here- moved with his parents at an early age to Potts- ville. Pa.; attended St. Charles seminary, Phila- delphia. 1840-44, joining the Lazarist order at Cape Girardeau, Mo., in the latter year, and after continuing his theological studies at the semi- nary of St. Mary's of the Barrens, Mo., was or- dained priest by Archbishop P. R. Kenrick, June 24, 1849. From 1851 to 1857 he was engaged as pro- fessor and prefect at St. Mary's; as professor at Cape Girardeau, and as president of the College of St. Vincent. In 1857, on the anniversary of his or- dination, he was made visitor of the Vincentian Fathers, making his iiome in St. Louis, Mo., and subsequently in Germantown, Pa., to which city the headquarters of the community were trans- ferred largely through his influence. He was con- secrated second bishop of the diocese of Buffalo in St. Joseph's cathedral, Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 8, 1868, by Archbishop McCloskey of New York, assisted by Bishops Loughlin, McQuaid and Conroy. During his administration the diocese more than doubled the number of its churches and chnpels, and also the number of its priests. Bishop Ryan bequeathed his propertj- to the Roman Catholic church. He died in Buffalo, N.Y., April 10, 1896.

RYAN, Thomas, musician, was born in Temple Moor. Ireland, in 1827; son of Michael and Ellen (Armstrong) Ryan. His father was a bandmas- ter in the British army. Thomas Ryan came to the United States in 1845, and was immediately engaged as a member of the orchestra of a theatre owned by William B. English, on Washington street, Boston, Mass., joining the orchestra at the Howard Athenaeum in 1846, and subsequently teaching and playing as op])ortunity offered. In November, 1849, the INIendelssohn Quintet club gave its first public performance in Chickering Hall, Boston, Mr. Ryan rendering a clarinet con- certo. He remained a member of the club until his death, touring through the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Sandwich Islands. He was married. May 24, 1854, to Mary Helen, daughter of Eben Carlton and Eliza Badger (Jacobs) Ewins of Gilmanton, N.H. In 1873 he was active in inducing the club to establish the National College of Music in Tremont Temple, Boston, but was obliged to abandon the enterprise after one year, and in 1893 founded the Con-