Patrick William Riordan
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Patrick William Riordan was a Canadian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of San Francisco in California from 1884 until his death in 1914. He served during the 1906
Late Archbishop Riordan Edit
The inaugural class of the Pontifical North American College, Rome (1859). Riordan is second from left, front row.
Archbishop Riordan (1889)
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco, California
Edward Joseph Hanna
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Edward Joseph Hanna was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of San Francisco from 1915 to 1935. He was also the first chairman of the National Catholic Welfare Council, a precursor t
Patrick William Riordan
…Thomas Montgomery as his own coadjutor. However, Montgomery died a few years later in 1907. To replace Montgomery, Riordan's preferred candidate was Edward Joseph Hanna, a theology professor at Saint Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, New York. But Hanna's candidacy was derailed after his fellow professor, Andrew Breen…
Hanna in 1913
Hanna's vault at Holy Cross