Bishop Sylvester Donovan Ryan

Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Sep 1930		Born	Avalon
3 May 1957	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA
17 Feb 1990	59.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
17 Feb 1990	59.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Remesiana
31 May 1990	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Remesiana
28 Jan 1992	61.4	Appointed	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
19 Mar 1992	61.5	Installed	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
19 Dec 2006	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Monterey in California.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John James Ward
Bishop George Patrick Ziemann

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Sylvester Donovan Ryan (1990)
Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony (1975)
Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe † (1947)
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty † (1926)
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes † (1914)
John Murphy Cardinal Farley † (1895)
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
John Cardinal McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop John Dubois, P.S.S. † (1826)
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Cardinal Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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