Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ryder, William a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Holliston, Middlesex Co., Mass., June 27, 1805. He joined the Church in Fort Ann, N.Y., in 1824, and in 1830 was licensed to preach. A year or two afterwards he entered the Troy Conference. He was ordained deacon in 1833, but was obliged … Continue reading “Ryder, William”

Ryder, John, D.D an Irish prelate, was created bishop of Killaloe in 1741; transferred to the see of Down and Connor in 1743; and to the archbishopric of Tuam in 1752. He died at Nice, Italy, February 4, 1775, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. See (Lond.) Annual Register, 1775, page 206. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Ryder, John, D.D”

Ryder, James, D.D. a Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, was born in Dublin in 1800, and emigrated to the United States in early youth. He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in 1815, and pursued his secular studies at Georgetown College, Md., from 1815 to 1820, and his theological studies at Rome from 1820 to … Continue reading “Ryder, James, D.D.”

Ryder, Henry Ignatius Dudley English Oratorian priest and controversialist. Born in 1837; died in 1907 in Edgbaston, England. The son of an Anglican clergyman, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1846, and was a lifelong friend of Cardinal Newman, whom he succeeded as superior of the Birmingham Oratory. The three pamphlets which he … Continue reading “Ryder, Henry Ignatius Dudley”

Ryder, Henry, D.D. an English prelate, a younger son of the earl of Harrowby, was born in 1777, became dean of Wells in 1812, bishop of Gloucester in 1815, and was translated to Lichfield and Coventry in 1824. He died in 1836. He published several Sermons and Charges (1806-32). For full obituary, see Gentleman’s Magazine, … Continue reading “Ryder, Henry, D.D.”

Rybaut (Or Ribaut), Paul a French Protestant minister, was born near Montpellier in 1718. While the law made the preaching of Protestant doctrine a capital offense, he lived and preached for many years in caves and huts in the forest. He was a man of extensive influence, and often used it to restrain his people … Continue reading “Rybaut (Or Ribaut), Paul”

Ryan, Patrick John Sixth Bishop and second Archbishop of Philadelphia, b. At Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland, 20 February, 1831; d. At Philadelphia; 11 February, 1911. His early education was received at the school of the Christian Brothers in his native town. In his twelfth year he entered the select school of Mr. J. L. Naughton, … Continue reading “Ryan, Patrick John”

Ryan, Henry founder of the “Canadian Wesleyan Methodist Church” (so called), or Ryanites, was born of Irish parentage in Connecticut, April 22, 1775. Educated a Roman Catholic, while teaching school lie heard the eccentric Methodist preacher, Lorenzo Dow, was converted, united with the Methodists, and was disowned by his parents. He taught school for six … Continue reading “Ryan, Henry”

Ryan, George Frederick, D.D a Welsh Congregational minister, was born at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in 1790. He joined the Church at the age of fourteen, began village preaching in his sixteenth year, entered Rotherham College in 1814, and commenced his pastoral life at Bridlington. After four years’ labor in that place he removed to Stockport, where … Continue reading “Ryan, George Frederick, D.D”

Ryan, Father Abram J. The poet-priest of the South, born at Norfolk, Virginia, 15 August, 1839; died at Louisville, Kentucky, 22 April, 1886. He inherited from his parents, in its most poetic and religious form, the strange witchery of the Irish temper. Fitted for the priesthood by a nature at once mystic and spiritual, be … Continue reading “Ryan, Father Abram J.”