Frederick Rese (February 6, 1791 – December 29, 1871) was an American Roman Catholic bishop

Bishop

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 who served as the first Catholic bishop of diocese of Detroit from 1833 to 1837.

Rese was previously vicar general

Vicar general

A vicar general is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority. As vicar of the bishop, the vicar general exercises the bishop's ordinary executive power over the entire diocese and, thus, is the highest official in a diocese or other particular...

 of the Diocese of Cincinnati, which included Detroit, where he helped to found the Leopoldine Society

Leopoldine Society

The Leopoldine Society was an organisation established in Vienna for the purpose of aiding Catholic missions in North America.When the Society for the Propagation of the Faith was founded in Lyons, in 1822, it did not spread beyond the French borders for a considerable time...

 to support Catholic missions in the United States. For this reason he visited Vienna

Vienna

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, Belgium

Belgium

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, and other parts of Europe from 1829 until 1831, convincing many to immigrate to the U.S. and found Catholic communities. When Pope Gregory XVI

Pope Gregory XVI

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 created the Diocese of Detroit and made Rese the first German

Germany

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-born bishop in the United States. He was consecrated October 6, 1833, and brought the Order of Poor Ladies

Order of Poor Ladies

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 to Detroit. He also established Detroit's first convent

Convent

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, and a school for girls. He became demented four years later and was recalled to Rome

Rome

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.