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Mar 28, 1811 Prachatice, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic Died on 05 Jan 1860 (aged 48)
Czech christian missionary and saint
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About John Neumann
- John Nepomucene Neumann (Czech: Jan Nepomucký Neumann, German: Johann Nepomuk Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Catholic priest from Bohemia.
- He immigrated to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained and later joined the Redemptorist order and became the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia (1852–1860).
- He is the first United States bishop (and to date the only male U.S.
- citizen) to be canonized.
- While Bishop of Philadelphia, Neumann founded the first Catholic diocesan school system in the United States.
- He is a Roman Catholic saint, canonized in 1977.
