Guy Ignatius Chabrat

Guy Ignatius Chabrat P.S.S. (December 27, 1787 – November 21, 1868) was a French Roman Catholic missionary and Coadjutor Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky (1834–47). He was the first priest ordained west of the Alleghenies.

Chabrat was born in La Chambre, Savoie, to Pierre and Louise (née Lavialle) Chabrat; he was a relative of Peter Joseph Lavialle, Bishop of Louisville (1865–67). He studied at a Sulpician seminary and was ordained a subdeacon in 1809. In 1811 he accepted an invitation from Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget to join the Diocese of Bardstown, Kentucky, arriving in the United States in May of that year. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Flaget on Christmas Day 1811, at St. Rose Priory.

Chabrat was first assigned to St. Michael's Church in Fairfield and St. Clare's Church in Colesburg, while also attending to a mission in Poplar Neck near Bardstown. He briefly served as pastor of St. Pius' Church in Scott County (1823). Following the death of Rev. Charles Nerinckx, he became superior of the Sisters of Loretto in 1824.

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