| LC control no. | n 88244934 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Flaget, Benedict Joseph, 1763-1850 |
| Variant(s) | Flaget, Benedict Joseph, Bp., 1763-1850 |
| Associated country | France United States |
| Located | Nantes (France) Vincennes (Ind.) Washington (D.C.) Havana (Cuba) Baltimore (Md.) Bardstown (Ky.) Marion County (Ky.) Louisville (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1763-11-07 |
| Death date | 1850-02-11 |
| Place of birth | Auvergne (France) |
| Place of death | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Georgetown College St. Thomas' Seminary (Nelson County, Ky.) St. Mary's Seminary and University (Baltimore, Md.) |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Roman Catholic Church--Bishops |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Filson Club for Catholic Church. Diocese of Louisville (Ky.). Correspondence, 1808-1846 (Rt. Rev. Benedict Joseph Flaget, 1764-1850; bishop) LC data base 1-26-89 (hdg.: Flaget, Benedict Joseph, Bp., 1763-1850) Delany, J.J. Dict. of Amer. Cath. biog., c1984 (Flaget, Benedict Joseph, 1763-1850, bishop; b. Contournat, France, Nov. 7; joined Sulpicians, 1783; ordained 1787; taught theology at Nantes for 2 yrs; went to U.S. 1792; pastor at Ft. Vincennes, Ind., later recalled to teach at Georgetown; 1798 sent to Havana; taught St. Mary's College, Baltimore, 1801-1808, when appt. 1st Bishop of newly created diocese of Bardstown, Ky.; consecreated 1810; resigned 1832, but forced to remain; fd. St. Thomas Seminary, 1812; transferred seat of diocese to Louisville, ca. 1839; d. Louisville, Feb. 11) New Cath. encyc., c1967 (Flaget, Benedict Joseph; b. Nov. 7, 1763; d. Nov. 11, 1850) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 323 ("Benedict Joseph Flaget", Roman Catholic bishop; As the first bishop of Bardstown (the diocese's jurisdiction extended from Michigan to Tennessee and from the Allegheny Mountains to the Mississippi River), lived in Marion County, Ky. then to the Saint Thomas Farm, south of Bardstown. In 1841, transferred his residence and the headquarters of the diocese to Louisville.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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