Edward Francis Ryan

Edward Francis Ryan (March 10, 1879 – November 3, 1956) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Burlington from 1945 until his death in 1956.

Biography

Edward Ryan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Simon Joseph and Mary (née Breen) Ryan.^[1] After graduating from Ingalls Grammar School, he attended Lynn Classical High School and Boston College.^[1] He furthered his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where Ryan was ordained to the priesthood by Patriarch Giuseppe Ceppetelli on August 10, 1905.^[2] He then did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Boston, and served as a chaplain in the United States Army from 1919 to 1920.^[1]

On November 11, 1944, Ryan was appointed the fifth Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, by Pope Pius XII.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on January 3, 1945 from Archbishop Richard Cushing, with Archbishop Francis Spellman and Bishop Francis Patrick Keough serving as co-consecrators.^[2] He was installed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on the following February 7.^[1] During his 11-year-long tenure, Ryan established the first Carthusian monastery in the United States (at Whitingham) in 1951, as well as the Benedictine Priory at Weston in 1953, and the College of St. Joseph at Rutland in 1954.^[3] He erected almost two dozen new churches, established the Vermont Catholic Tribune in 1956, and provided a camp and a school for boys in Burlington.^[3]

Ryan died in 1956, at age 77. He is buried at Resurrection Park in South Burlington, Vermont.^[1]

References

Diocese of Burlington
Bishops	Louis de Goesbriand John Stephen Michaud Joseph John Rice Matthew Francis Brady Edward Francis Ryan Robert Francis Joyce John Aloysius Marshall Kenneth Anthony Angell Salvatore Ronald Matano Christopher J. Coyne
Churches	Cathedrals Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph Parishes St. Monica's Church, Barre Conversion of St. Paul Church, Barton St. Augustine Church, Montpelier St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Newport St. Peter's Church, Rutland St. Thomas Church, Underhill Saint Francis Xavier Church, Winooski Former parishes St. George's Church, Bakersfield
Education	Higher Education College of St. Joseph Saint Michael's College Former college Trinity College High Schools Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Rutland Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington
Priests	Bernard Joseph Flanagan Louis Edward Gelineau
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