Frederick Rese
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The Right Rev. Frederick Rese |
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| Bishop of Detroit | |
Bishop Frederick Rese of Detroit, c. 1835
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| Native name | Friedrich Johann Conrad Reese |
| See | Detroit |
| Installed | March 23, 1833 |
| Term ended | December 27, 1871 |
| Successor | Caspar Henry Borgess |
| Other posts | Vicar general of Cincinnati |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 15, 1823 by Placido Zurla |
| Consecration | October 6, 1833 by Joseph Rosati |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 6, 1791 Vienenburg, Hanover |
| Died | December 27, 1871 (aged 80) Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany |
Frederick Rese (or Rèsè) (February 6, 1791 – December 29, 1871) was a German-born American Roman Catholic bishop who served as the first Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Detroit from 1833 until his death.
Rese was born in Vienenburg, a small town in the German Electorate of Hanover. From a modest background, he trained as an artisan. In 1813 he joined the Hanoverian cavalry to fight against Napoleon in the German Campaign and took part in the 1815 Battle of Waterloo under command of Field Marshal Blücher.
After the Napoleonic Wars, Rese adopted a clerical career. He went on a pilgrimage to Rome, where he received the Holy Orders by Cardinal Vicar Placido Zurla on 15 March 1823. Rese served in the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and in 1824 met with Edward Fenwick, first Bishop of Cincinnati, who had travelled to Rome to ask Pope Leo XII for support. The Pope engaged Rese to assist him; once arrived in the United States, he became vicar general of the Cincinnati diocese, which included Detroit. In 1828 he was sent to Europe to gain support for the Catholic missions in the U.S. He visited the Austrian capital Vienna, where he helped to found the missionary Leopoldine Society, as well as Munich and Regensburg in Bavaria, Belgium and other parts of Europe until 1831, convincing many to immigrate to the U.S. and found Catholic communities.
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