The Franciscan Missions (whose memory and whose remains in the second — Patrick William Riordan

"The Franciscan Missions (whose memory and whose remains in the second century of their existence are still treasured not by California alone, but by the whole country) having been lately confiscated in the name of "secularization", the missionaries driven away and their flocks largely dispersed, it was evident that his work was simply to create all that a new order of things called for, an order as unique as a bishop ever had to encounter."

Patrick William Riordan

Patrick William Riordan

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 San Francisco earthquake, and he was a prominent figure in the first case submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

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"At the outset of his administration he made the cause of Catholic education his special endeavour."

Patrick William Riordan