Sylvester Donovan Ryan

Styles of Sylvester Donovan Ryan

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Sylvester Donovan Ryan (b. September 3, 1930 in Avalon, California) is a retired Roman Catholic bishop. 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.

Bishop Ryan was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on May 3, 1957. He was named president-rector of the Archdiocesan Saint John's College Seminary in 1986, and was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Roger Mahony on May 31, 1990, for the titular see of Remesiana. He was appointed to be the third Bishop of Monterey in California by Pope John Paul II in 1992. Ryan served as the president of the California Catholic Conference from 1997–2004.^[1]^[2] He was succeeded as Bishop of Monterey by Sacramento's former Auxiliary Bishop, Richard John Garcia.

References

^ Cardinal Roger M. Mahony (February 2, 2007), "Celebrating the life and ministry of Bishop Sylvester Ryan", The Tidings, http://www.the-tidings.com/2007/020207/ryan.htm, retrieved March 30, 2010
^ "May 4, 2007, E-Newsletter". California Catholic Conference. 2007-05-04. http://www.cacatholic.org/newsletters/may-4-2007-e-newsletter.html. Retrieved 2008-05-29.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda	Bishop of Monterey in California 1992–2007	Succeeded by Richard John Garcia

Persondata
Name	Ryan, Sylvester Donovan
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop (Catholic Church)
Date of birth	1930-09-03
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