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Frederik Baraga

Venerable
Frederic Baraga
Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette
Friderik Baraga restoration.jpg
Baraga in episcopal choir dress, holding his Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language,
in a photograph taken by Mathew Brady
(ca. 1853–1860)
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 (1797-06-29)June 29, 1797
Mala Vas, Duchy of Carniola, Habsburg Monarchy, (today Slovenia)
Died January 19, 1868(1868-01-19) (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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