Joseph Rosati
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(Italian
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-born) Catholic bishop. He served as the first Bishop
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of the Diocese of Saint Louis between 1826 and 1843.
He was born in Sora, Italy
Sora, Italy
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, in what was then the Neapolitan Republic
Parthenopaean Republic
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. He completed his education in 1807, and took his vows as a Vincentian
Lazarists
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in 1808. In 1811, Rosati was ordained a priest.
In 1816, he arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, relocating to Bardstown, Kentucky
Bardstown, Kentucky
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later that same year. He would serve as professor of theology at St. Thomas' Seminary in Kentucky from 1817 to 1818. He moved to Perryville, Missouri
Perryville, Missouri
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, where he opened St. 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
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. 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
Coadjutor bishop
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of Louisiana.
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
Saint Louis University
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in 1829, the erection of the first Cathedral of St. Louis
Basilica of St. Louis, King of France
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from 1831 through 1834.
In 1841, he was appointed by Pope Gregory XVI
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to assist in negotiations between the Pope
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and Haiti
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. He died in Rome
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in 1843, after giving the pope his report on his mission.
Rosati-Kain High School
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, located in the Central West End in the city of St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
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, located next to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.