Francis Xavier Gartland (January 13, 1805 – September 20, 1854) was an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[2] Appointed vicar general of the diocese in 1845,[4] Gartland was seen as Bishop Francis Kenrick's "chief lieutenant"[1] in the latter's attempts to restore peace and order in Philadelphia following the Know Nothing riots.

[3] He received his episcopal consecration on November 10, 1850, from Archbishop Samuel Eccleston, with Bishops Francis Kenrick and Michael O'Connor serving as co-consecrators, in Philadelphia.

[4][6] During Gartland's tenure, the Catholic population doubled in the diocese; more priests were added, including recruits from Ireland; he erected three new churches; and enlarged the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah, dedicated in June 1853.

[4] As a bishop in the American South, Ryan considered "the freedom of the slave population" to be "untimely," saying, "All we have to do is mite their souls [so that] whether bond of free they may be saved.