. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . er, h ewas professor ofmathematics andGreek at the was recalled toBoston late in Rt. Rev. John J. Williams, after his Hjfi HB^ consecration as Bishop of Boston, .^t^ March 11, 1866, ap- „—.. pointed Father Byrnechancellor of thediocese. Later hewas made pastor ofSt. Marys, Charles-town. Dr. Byrnehad the privilege, onJune 6, 1875, of offi-ciating at the firstCatholic religiousservices ever held inthe State Prison,Charlestown. On the death
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . er, h ewas professor ofmathematics andGreek at the was recalled toBoston late in Rt. Rev. John J. Williams, after his Hjfi HB^ consecration as Bishop of Boston, .^t^ March 11, 1866, ap- „—.. pointed Father Byrnechancellor of thediocese. Later hewas made pastor ofSt. Marys, Charles-town. Dr. Byrnehad the privilege, onJune 6, 1875, of offi-ciating at the firstCatholic religiousservices ever held inthe State Prison,Charlestown. On the death of the Very WILLIAM BYRNE. Rev. P. F. Lyndon,April 18, 1S78, Dr. Byrne succeeded him in the office of vicar-general. In1880 he was induced to accept the presidency of Marys, Emmittsburg, Md., in order that he mightextricate it from financial difficulties. This he accom-plished in three years and won the grateful esteem ofthe whole American episcopate and priesthood. On hisreturn to Boston, he succeeded to the pastorate of Dr. Byrne was the founder of the BostonTemperance Missions. He was administrator of the. archdiocese during Archbishop Williams visits to Romein 1883 and 1887; he also represented the archbishopin Rome at the Golden Jul)ilee of Pope Leo XIII., in1888. While in Rome he received many marks ofsjjecial favor from the authorities there. At the day banquet in London in 1888, he respondedto the toast, The Irish in America. Dr. Byrne is aclear and vigorous writer. The chapter on TheRoman Catholic Church in Boston, in The Memorial History of Boston,is from his pen;and his new book,Catholic Doctrine,has received thehighest commenda-tion from ArchbishopWilliams, CardinalGibbons, and otherhigh authorities. Heis often called u|ionto state the Catholicattitude toward burn-ing questions. Someyears ago the Uni-versalist ministers ofBoston sent him aninvitation to preparea paper to be readbefore one of theirconferences, to whichhe responded
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