Speaker Paul D. Ryan swore the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy back in as the chaplain of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, re-establishing the Roman Catholic priest in the post he had contentiously left just weeks earlier.

Mr. Ryan had stirred a bipartisan tempest with his abrupt move to dismiss the chaplain last month, a decision Father Conroy publicly protested.

Catholic lawmakers rallied behind the chaplain, who is a Jesuit priest, and last week Mr. Ryan agreed to reinstate Father Conroy after the chaplain rescinded his resignation, which he said had been forced.

On Tuesday, Mr. Ryan, who is also Catholic, suggested the two men were working to reconcile, telling reporters that “Father Pat and I had a good cup of coffee this morning.”