Vincent William Ryan (8 December 1816 – 11 January 1888), was the inaugural

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from 1854 to 1869. He was educated at

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, and

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in 1842 On his return from Mauritius he became

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. After holding for just four months the archdeaconry of Suffolk, Ryan became rector of St. Nicholas,

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, and commissary of Winchester. In May 1870 he was transferred to the vicarage of

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, Yorkshire. He was rural dean from 1870 to 1876, and in 1875 became archdeacon of Craven and commissary to the bishop of Ripon. In 1872 he went on a special mission to Mauritius. In August 1880 Ryan became vicar of St. Peter's, Bournemouth, and in 1881 rector of

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, from where he moved in 1883 to the rectory of Stanhope, Durham. He died at Stanhope on 11 January 1888.

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Vincent Wlliam 1816 births Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Anglican bishops of Mauritius Archdeacons of Craven Archdeacons of Suffolk 1888 deaths British Mauritius people People from Stanhope, County Durham