Death of Father John Ryan.

New Zealand Tablet, 4 October 1906, Page 23

Death of Father John Ryan.

' Shortly before- going- • to the»presen.lJ. issued we receiv.ed-the painful _.intelliffenGe r otiiatri-the.Re / y^;Jlo}jn r Ryan had passed away „ at.^ the,,' Home .btjiis friejod," , the Rev. John F. O'DorinellV"""'"'at ! "Quecnstown, "(Lake Wakatipu). The deceased priest 'was 7 bofrrftf K'SsciW;"County Tipperary, Ireland. .-• His •■:• early £■ ecclesiastical^ . training was received • in,.- the .greatv,>mohastery'. 0of;,0 of;, *" Mount Melleray. From there he. passed ,tp /v Ca s rlow f CoJ 7 , lege, where he studied philosophy' "and theplp-gy '.w.ijtli ' much distinction. . He was raised to the priesthood Tn'* - June, 1892. Some months la-t'er he came to the diocese of Dunedin, and Vas stationed in 'Milton, Dunedin, and Mosgiel (as first Vice-Rector of Holy Cross College). In 1901, on account of failing he¥lth,Tie >i iook J - r a trip to his native land. -He returned to Duhodfrr irVi

the following year. His health was' still in an tmsatis- I ; factory:- state, and he was . appointed to • the pastoral^ . charge of Cromwell, where it- was, hoped -the -dry^y - bracing air, would restore him to 'his former vigor.. Pulmonary - consumption ' hail, ' however, '!" goV" a nrnV' grip: upon him, and, after a stay olsome months ift' 1 , the Nordraoh -.Consumptive. Sanatorium' he, „-at the^invM j. tatipn •oL I ;Eat,'her O'Donpell, took- up-his- rosid^nee-;in-. ,' ™? .. Qiieei?stown. .presbytery in th/ej.- "first " halL" of \thfs~. j yearr Jr Through the" 'affectionate and watchful care 'be- '■ J stowed upon him in t-hat : hospitable"' home, fl fof life was spun out to its last fibre. He died 'on \- Wednesday morning . in, . : 1 he -.arms c of ,. ,Mf5 v kind', t f i i-iei?.<l.and j host, ;and fortified 'by the'-rit€s^6f' Holy Church" 1 * L -The la-te^Fathcr^Ryatf'Vas a" -gifted^a'rid e'xcel'ffe'if t* s priest, .- well-read-; .-endowed - pleasant turn ; df'AVft,« • and-^with a -happiness .Qf.. -disposition and a .kindiliness '■ I of^ heart t that captured - the friendship of all .who .knew, j hjm. - His .death wiir.'ld;.fejt"as" ; ;a Vsharp persanarios* - : t6 f every -Catholic priest I ' m* -Oie'diocese of 'trunedM 1 -' I A brother of his is a -vpries<t : in the' 1 diocese 1 'of -Pitft^.-' burg. (U.5.A..), and. two. younger : .sisters of his reside > in: Otago— one. in ".Cromwell, 1 ',the v "oth'e t r "in Queensfo.wn.o ; To;~tbem, we- tender" our cordial s'ymp'aiftiyy Tfie funeral" 1 : takes .place in Queehs.town on. . FrJdayV^R.?^- !', -| Jj •-• * " " ' .\ - "•". : *••)-..• -'iV,?i J.J .y J