Vincent Ryan (bishop)
The Rt Rev Vincent William Ryan (8 December 1816 – January 11 1888),[1] DD[2] was the inaugural Bishop of Mauritius [3] from 1854 to 1869.
He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford,[4] and ordained in 1842[5] On his return from Mauritius he became Rector of Bedale.[6] After holding for just four months the archdeaconry of Suffolk, Ryan became rector of St. Nicholas, Guildford, and commissary of Winchester. In May 1870 he was transferred to the vicarage of Bradford, Yorkshire. He was rural dean from 1870 to 1876, and in 1875 became archdeacon of Craven and commissary to the bishop of Ripon. In 1872 he went on a special mission to Mauritius. In August 1880 Ryan became vicar of St. Peter's, Bournemouth, and in 1881 rector of Middleham, from where he moved in 1883 to the rectory of Stanhope, Durham.
He died at Stanhope on 11 January 1888.[7]
References
- ↑ BURIAL OF BISHOP RYAN.Northern Echo Monday, January 16, 1888; Issue 5584
- ↑ NPG details
- ↑ The Times, Friday, Oct 27, 1854; pg. 7; Issue 21883; col A University Intelligence. Oxford, Oct. 26
- ↑ The Morning Post , Friday, October 27, 1854; pg. 6; Issue 25216
- ↑ ORDINATIONS The Morning Post , Wednesday, July 13, 1842; pg. 6; Issue 22303
- ↑ The York Herald (York, England), Friday, September 02, 1881; pg. 7; Issue 7648
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