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It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. It opened in fall 1949 as Riordan High School, named after Archbishop Patrick William Riordan, the second Archbishop of San Francisco; "Archbishop" was officially added to its name in 1990. Riordan was the oldest exclusively male high school in San Francisco until it became ...
John Richard Riordan, OC (Also known as Jack) (born September 2, 1943, in St. Stephen, New Brunswick) is a Canadian biochemist, [1] noted for his research into cystic fibrosis. After acquiring his bachelor's degree in 1966 from the University of Toronto , he studied and received a doctorate in biochemistry from the same university in 1970.
As of 2024, the president-rector of STPSU is Reverend Mark D. Doherty. The board of trustees includes the Archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, six bishops from dioceses in California, Washington State, and Hawaii, and other clergy. [1] In 2022, STPSU had an enrollment of 62 men, representing 11 dioceses and religious orders.
Riordan was succeeded as archbishop of San Francisco by Auxiliary Bishop Edward Hanna of San Francisco, appointed by Pope Gregory XV in 1915. [23] The rebuilding of the Mission Dolores Church after its destruction in the 1906 earthquake was completed in 1918.
Patrick William Riordan (August 27, 1841 – December 27, 1914) was a Canadian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of San Francisco from 1884 until his death in 1914.
Susie Coughlin was concerned when her daughter struggled with reading skills at her public school.. The mom of two was disappointed her district didn't teach phonics as part of its literacy program.
The parish began as a mission church of Saint John the Evangelist. The church was built in 1911 and dedicated by Archbishop Riordan. The building, located on the southwest corner of Russia Avenue and Paris Street, was a wood-frame building with a shingle roof. It seated about three hundred people.
A judge told the parents of 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg, a Philadelphia teacher found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011, that the city's declaration of suicide was "puzzling."