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Ryan, Sylvester, 1930-

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Personal name headingRyan, Sylvester, 1930-
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1930
Place of birthAvalon (Calif.)
Field of activityCatholic Church--Clergy
AffiliationCatholic Church. Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Calif.) Catholic Church. Diocese of Monterey (Calif.) Mount St. Mary's College (Los Angeles, Calif.)
St. John's Seminary (Camarillo, Calif.)
Profession or occupationBishops
Found inWilhelm, Deborah Lynn. Preaching matters, 2015: title page (by Deborah Lynn Wilhelm and Bishop Sylvester Ryan) back cover (Bishop Ryan was born in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, on September 3, 1930. ... He entered the Seminaries of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He was ordained May 3rd, 1957 and served as ... chaplain Mt Saint Mary's College in Los Angeles, ... and became a rector of the Seminary College in Camarillo for five years. He was ordained an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese and appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Monterey in March of 1992.
Wikipedia, Mar. 5, 2015 (Sylvester Donovan Ryan: He was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Monterey in California from his installation on March 19, 1992 to January 30, 2007. From 1990 to 1992 he was an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. ... He was named president-rector of the Archdiocesan Saint John's College Seminary in 1986...)
Associated languageeng