Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Lyons akanga ari paBoston College kwechinguvana bedzi, asati agadzwa kuva mutungamiriri weGonzaga College. Akatora nzvimbo yacho musi waDecember 27, 1908, achitevera Joseph J. Himmel. Nokukurumidza pashure pokunge atora basa,
Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muMessina, Italy, uye chikoro chacho chakaita mhemberero huru yokurangarira vakaurayiwa, iyo yakaitwa naMbhishopi Diomede Falconio uye yakaimbwa naBonaventura Cerretti. Vakanga varipo vakanga vari Bhishopi Denis J. O'Connell, Gweta Guru Charles Joseph Bonaparte, mumiriri weItaly muUnited States, Joseph Himmel, uye vaprista vanobva mumasangano eDominican, Franciscan, uye Paulist. Mabiko akaitirwa kukudza mutungamiri mutsva musi waFebruary 10, uyo akapindwa neCongressman William Bourke Cockran. Nguva yaLyons yakaguma musi waJuly 8, 1909, paakatsiviwa naEugene DeL. McDonnell.