John Neumann
19th-century Czech Catholic missionary, bishop, and saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Bohemian-American bishop. For the English cardinal and also Saint, see John Henry Newman. For other people with the same name, see John Neumann (disambiguation).
"Saint John Neumann" redirects here. For other uses, see Saint John Neumann (disambiguation).
John Nepomucene Neumann CSsR (German: Johann Nepomuk Neumann, Czech: Jan Nepomucký Neumann; March 28, 1811[1] – January 5, 1860) was a Bohemian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church.
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Bishop of Philadelphia | |
Native name | Johann Nepomuk Neumann |
Church | Latin Church |
See | Philadelphia |
Appointed | February 5, 1852 |
Installed | March 28, 1852 |
Term ended | January 5, 1860 |
Predecessor | Francis Kenrick |
Successor | James Frederick Wood |
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Ordination | June 25, 1836 by John Dubois |
Consecration | March 28, 1852 by Francis Kenrick |
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Born | (1811-03-28)March 28, 1811 |
Died | January 5, 1860(1860-01-05) (aged 48) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Buried | National Shrine of St. John Neumann in Philadelphia |
Denomination | Catholic |
Alma mater | Charles University in Prague |
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Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (United States and the Czech Republic) |
Title as Saint | Missionary, religious and Bishop |
Beatified | October 13, 1963 Vatican City, by Pope Paul VI |
Canonized | June 19, 1977 Vatican City, by Pope Paul VI |
Attributes | Redemptorist habit with a pectoral cross |
Patronage | Catholic education |
Shrines | National Shrine of Saint John Neumann, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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An immigrant from Bohemia, he came to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined the Redemptorist order, and became the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia in 1852. In Philadelphia, Neumann founded the first Catholic diocesan school system in the US. Canonized in 1977, he is the only male US citizen to be named a saint.[2][3]