Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bishop_Benedict_Joseph_Flaget

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

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