Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bishop
gptkb:person
gptkbp:appointedAsBishop 1808
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Society_of_Saint-Sulpice
gptkbp:birthDate 1763-11-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Contournat,_France
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Cathedral_of_the_Assumption,_Louisville
gptkbp:consecrationDate 1810-11-04
gptkbp:deathDate 1850-02-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Louisville,_Kentucky,_United_States
gptkbp:education Sulpician Seminary, Clermont-Ferrand
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:firstBishop gptkb:Diocese_of_Bardstown
gptkbp:helpedEstablish gptkb:Sisters_of_Loretto
gptkb:Sisters_of_Charity_of_Nazareth
Sisters of Mercy in Kentucky
St. Joseph Cathedral, Bardstown
St. Joseph College, Bardstown
St. Thomas Seminary, Kentucky
St. Vincent de Paul Society in Kentucky
Ursuline Sisters in Kentucky
Xaverian Brothers in Kentucky
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget
gptkbp:knownFor pioneering Catholicism in Kentucky
founding Catholic institutions in the American frontier
gptkbp:missionaryWork gptkb:Indiana
gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Ohio_Valley
gptkbp:movedTo gptkb:Louisville
gptkbp:namesakeOf gptkb:Flaget_High_School
gptkb:Flaget_Memorial_Hospital
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableEvent attended First Provincial Council of Baltimore
attended Fourth Provincial Council of Baltimore
ordained first priests west of the Alleghenies
resigned as bishop in 1832, resumed office in 1833
survived yellow fever epidemic in Baltimore
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:bishop
gptkbp:ordinationDate 1788-06-01
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Chester_Harding
gptkbp:predecessor none (first bishop of Bardstown)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:successor Bishop Martin John Spalding
gptkbp:teacherOf Bishop Guy Ignatius Chabrat
Bishop John Baptist Mary David
Bishop Simon Bruté de Rémur
gptkbp:title gptkb:Bishop_of_Bardstown
gptkb:Bishop_of_Louisville
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cathedral_of_the_Assumption,_Louisville
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8