Frederic Baraga
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Venerable Frederic Baraga |
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| Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette | |
Baraga in episcopal choir dress, holding his Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language,
in a photograph taken by Mathew Brady (ca. 1853–1860) |
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| Native name | Irenej Friderik Baraga |
| Province | Detroit |
| See | Sault Sainte Marie, later Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette |
| Appointed | January 9, 1857 |
| Term ended | January 19, 1868 |
| Successor | Ignatius Mrak |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 21, 1823 by Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber |
| Consecration | November 1, 1853 by John Baptist Purcell |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Friderik Irenej Baraga |
| Born |
June 29, 1797 Mala Vas, Duchy of Carniola, Habsburg Monarchy, (today Slovenia) |
| Died | January 19, 1868 (aged 70) Marquette, Michigan, United States |
| Buried |
St. Peter Cathedral, Marquette, Michigan, United States |
| Nationality | Habsburg Monarchy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
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| Sainthood | |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Venerable |
Irenaeus Frederic Baraga (June 29, 1797 – January 19, 1868; Slovene: Irenej Friderik Baraga) was a Slovenian Roman Catholic missionary to the United States and a grammarian of Native American languages. He became the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette, Michigan, originally sited at Sault Sainte Marie, which he led for 15 years.
His letters about his missionary work were published widely in Europe, inspiring Saint John Neumann and Father Francis Xavier Pierz to emigrate to the United States. He has been honored as 'Venerable.'
Frederic Baraga was born in the manor house at Mala Vas (German: Kleindorf) no. 16 near the Carniolan village of Dobrnič, in what was then Lower Carniola, a province of the Duchy of Carniola in the Habsburg Monarchy. Today it is a part of the municipality of Trebnje in Slovenia. Never using his first name, he was baptized Irenaeus Frederic.
He was the fourth of five children born to John Nepomuc and Maria Katherine Josefa de Jencic Baraga. His mother inherited upon her father's death the estate of Mala Vas, plus a substantial fortune. His mother died in 1808, and his father in 1812. Frederic spent his boyhood in the house of Dr. George Dolinar, a lay professor at the diocesan seminary at Ljubljana.
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