Patrick Finbar Ryan, TC, O.P., (1881–1975) was an Irish Dominican priest who served as Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad (1940–1966).
[2] He taught at the Dominican secondary school Newbridge College in County Kildare, serving as Dean.
[4] He edited the Dominican publication the Irish Rosary and, in 1921, founded a children's religious magazine, the Imeldist.
In 1946, he invited the Irish Presentation Brothers and, in 1947, the Holy Faith Sisters to set up schools in the diocese.
[6] In 1950, he was honoured with a knighthood by the Vatican as a Grand Officer of the Supreme Order of Christ becoming a papal count, also in 1969 he was awarded the Trinity Cross by the government of Trinidad and Tobago.