Edward Francis Ryan

Edward Francis Ryan (March 10, 1879 – November 3, 1956) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.

[2] Ryan was ordained to the priesthood in Rome for the Archdiocese of Boston by Archbishop Giuseppe Ceppetelli on August 10, 1905.

He said his first Mass at San Clemente al Laterano and earned a doctorate in theology from the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide.

[2] On November 11, 1944, Ryan was appointed the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Burlington by Pope Pius XII.

[5] 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.