Cause of 19th-century Tennessee priest who died of yellow fever moves forward cruxnow.com
The sainthood cause of Father Patrick Ryan, who died ministering to people during a yellow fever outbreak in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the 1800s, has taken an important step forward.
On Sept. 28, at the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Chattanooga, where Ryan once served, Knoxville Bishop Richard F. Stika presided at the opening session of an inquiry into the Irish-born priest’s life and the installation of a tribunal to examine evidence supporting his sainthood cause…
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