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region of the Church warmly cbe r-Leh ,
A quarter of .. century ago, 'When he va s
pre serrted \lith thfl gold III.f'Jdal 1n CAnon Lav and al so in Tbeokogy, he began that
a ecendfng path vhfch led hill to th., highest bonor-e in tbe Church.
In 1857 he
\la S ordained pr-Iest, and returned to his natdve land. His f irs t appointment \l 3.S
to a profeesionship in the For eign Hissionary Colleg e of All HaLkovs ,
Here f or
nine years he labored, and on every mi~sion on the globe his pUpilfl ar-e t o be
f ound . Rev . J ohn Ryan of Riverhead is one of t.hose whom. he gav e to Newfound land.
The Rev . F . Ryan , S .J . ,
late secretary, c onne cted by birth \li t h this i Al.and,
e't ud f ed under Dr . Conroy. I n t he se cIu edon of Hol y Cr -os e Dr . Conr oy stor ed up
t ha t mul tifarious yet e ccur-et e lear ning of which he l aid t he f'oundatdone so broad
and de ep vh en 1n Roae ,
Fror.a All HeHovs he vas t ransferred
to the cha Ir- of Mora l Th""oloRY i n Holy
Cross Colleg ~, of vhfch, his friend no,", ecccepanj-fng hfe corpse IIlCrOl!lR th~ oc ean
ve s President . Of the :'IU: years vhl.ch he devoted to tMt 'in~titut1on, of the
d,e scholarship he displAyed , the !""itient toil , the p'lacdd t .enper-,
th", genial
Sy::llr'1t!1~e:'L.t~~ .he.. 1?rqught42 hi~ vcrk p!!.d_to his i n t"!rc.?1:';- s ~_\l i~t.~_t he 1'I!-\ld,!nt~J ~__ _
the refine ment , t he gracious manners, t he po Hehed \lit
that characterized his comm-,
un i on \lith his f e llow professors, t he manifold accomp'ldslu eent,s, lit"!r(D' lind socda L,
~;:·7 th,r;,t flhe(r"'-tt;~~AhiA--"o(-ee nti-'; ~ilpi)A his.life " hil'l"act dcne Mil d bi~'~Titjnes::-,"e-'pr~r"~r -=t
o say nothing here . I n 166 Cardinal Cullen made hf m hi s Prdvat.e Secr etA r y ; in
I f/) the age d Archbi:-Jhop of Arm$lehJ II near- r -eI etdve of Dr . Conro:r, e sk ed Rome for
II coadjut.or-, but on the ve ry day that thl"l clere,y of th"! Archdioc ese met , under the
Pr-e efdency of the Bishop of I;evry, 'th e s...nlor l'Iulfragan of t he Province to proceed
to t he election , the Archbi shop ~i ed . Doctor Conroy 'WaR universally rega r de d ae
t he most likely to be chosen hlild the e l e ction pr-oce-ded , The ne xt y ...ar ill S Dr .
McCabe, Dif>hop of Ardash lind Clanme envisey \l8.~ r-eturndng f'r-oe the Council of the
VRticAn , he dded i n Par-Le , a nd Dr . Conr-oy vas .. t onc e appoint ed to succe ed him .