Archbishop Patrick John Ryan – His Life and Times

I  Introduction

1. Philadelphia, 1911

   At ten minutes past four, Saturday afternoon February 11, the bells of the city churches began to echo the tolling of the cathedral bell; death had come to the Archbishop

2. Profile

   The power of personality and wit

II  Ireland, 1831–1852: The ideal preparation

3. Tipperary: Family background, education
4. Famine, 1845–1849

   The Thurles experience as a teenager

5. Society, politics, religion

   The ideal preparation for the life he chose to lead

III  St. Louis, 1852–1884: From deacon to archbishop at a time of rapid growth and sweeping change

6. The Roman Catholic Church in America

   Small beginnings, prejudice and progress

7. St. Louis: City, state, diocese
8. Pastoral experience

   Reputation as administrator and orator at home and abroad

9. Civil War in St. Louis

   Divided loyalties; experience as a prison chaplain

10. Bishop despite the controversy

    The doctrine of papal infallibility and other influences on his promotion

IV  Philadelphia, 1884–1911: Leadership locally and nationally

11. Philadelphia

    The centre of a thriving industrial area

12. The Archdiocese

    Growth and diversity

13. Dissension

    Bishops disagree on major issues

14. Reaching out

    Spreading the message; challenging prejudices

15. Preacher, orator and pamphleteer

    To be a good Catholic is to be a good citizen

16. African Americans and Native Americans

    Support for Saint Katharine Drexel and influence on American hierarchy; appointment by President Roosevelt to the Board of Indian Commissioners

17. Connections with Ireland

    Irish Parliamentary Party; Parnell and Home Rule; visits to Ireland

18. Active to the end

    Slowing down and the appointment of a coadjutor

• Epilogue

  His legacy; contemporary views

• Appendix A

  "Men and things"

• Appendix B

  Chronology

• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

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