Bishop Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan, C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1826		Born
6 May 1846	20.3	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Mission
24 Jun 1849	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
3 Mar 1868	42.1	Appointed	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
8 Nov 1868	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
10 Apr 1896	70.2	Died	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan
Bishop Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan C.M.
(born 1 Jan 1826, died 10 Apr 1896)
Bishop of Buffalo

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Almonte, Canada
Ordained Priest St. Louis, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Buffalo, Diocese of Buffalo, New York
Death Place Buffalo, Diocese of Buffalo, New York

a priest for 46.7 years
a bishop for 27.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick †
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John McCloskey †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Loughlin †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Bishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. †
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

VIAF: 53740124
WikiData: Q15427392

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 161
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1868, Number 43
c1: CB, 13 May 2022

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