Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget (1763-1850)

Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget

Birth

7 Nov 1763

Saint-Julien-de-Coppel, Departement du Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

Death

11 Feb 1850 (aged 86)

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

Burial

Cathedral of the Assumption

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Plot

Cathedral Undercroft Chapel

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Religious Leader. He came to America fleeing the turmoils of the French Revolution, and taught at Georgetown College in Washington D.C. and St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland. Received by President George Washington, in 1808 he was appointed by Pope Pius VII first Bishop of the Bardstown Catholic Diocese - the western frontier area that included parts of 8 states.

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