Bishop Joseph Rosati

Joseph Rosati (1789 - 1843) was a U.S. (Italian-born) Catholic bishop. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest He served as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Louis between 1826 and 1843. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common

He was born in Sora, Italy, in what was then the Neapolitan Republic. Sora is a city of Lazio, Italy, in the Province of Frosinone. The Parthenopaean Republic (Italian Repubblica Partenopea) was a French -supported Republic in the territory of the Kingdom of Naples, formed He completed his education in 1807, and took his vows as a Vincentian in 1808. Lazarites ( Lazarists, Lazarians, or in English -speaking countries Vincentians) are the popular names of the members of the Congregation In 1811, Rosati was ordained a priest.

In 1816, he arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, relocating to Bardstown, Kentucky later that same year. Bardstown is a city in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. He would serve as professor of theology at St. Thomas' Seminary in Kentucky from 1817 to 1818. He moved to Perryville, Missouri, where he opened St. Perryville is a City in Perry County, Missouri, United States. Mary's Seminary in 1818. For several years, he planned and supervised the construction of the school, while at the same time teaching most of the classes and functioning as the local pastor. A pastor is an official person within a Protestant group of people and related to the positions of Priest or Bishop within the Anglican, Roman Catholic In 1820, he was appointed the Vincentian superior for the Americas.

In 1822, he was appointed vicar apostolic of Mississippi and Alabama, and, the next year, appointed to be coadjutor bishop of Louisiana. A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop

His achievements while in Louisiana include the opening of St. Louis Hospital by the Sisters of Charity in 1828, founding of St. Mary's of the Barrens Seminary, erection of what would become Saint Louis University in 1829, the erection of the first Cathedral of St. Louis from 1831 through 1834. Saint Louis University (also known as SLU) is a private co-educational Jesuit University in the United States of America located in The Basilica of Saint Louis King of France, formerly the Cathedral of Saint Louis, and colloquially the Old Cathedral, was consecrated in 1834

In 1841, he was appointed by Pope Gregory XVI to assist in negotiations between the Pope and Haiti. Pope Gregory XVI ( September 18 1765 &ndash June 1 1846) born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, named Mauro as a member of History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: He died in Rome in 1843, after giving the pope his report on his mission. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

The final resting place of Bishop Rosati, at the Old Cathedral in St. Louis, Missouri. The Basilica of Saint Louis King of France, formerly the Cathedral of Saint Louis, and colloquially the Old Cathedral, was consecrated in 1834

Bishop Rosati is the namesake for an all girls' Roman Catholic high school, Rosati-Kain, located in the central west end in the city of Saint Louis, located next to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis. Rosati-Kain High School is an all-girls Catholic High school in St Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, commonly known as the Saint Louis Cathedral, or colloquially as the New Cathedral, in Saint Louis Missouri, was constructed

References

• Christensen, Lawrence O. , et al. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia, MO:University of Missouri Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8262-1222-0
• Who Was Who in America:Historical Volume 1607-1896. Chicato:Marquis Who's Who, 1967.