January 5
Saints of the Day...and Events

St. John Neumann,  (1811-1860)
 
    Born in the Czech Republiche,  he became the first American bishop to be canonized in 1977. Organized the parochial school system into a diocesan one.

     Joined the Redemptorists, bishop of Philadelphia in 1852.
 

    http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1251

Born 28 March 1811 at Prachititz, Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Died 5 January 1860 of a stroke at 13th and Vine Streets, Philadephia, Pennsylvania, USA
Beatified 13 October 1963 at Rome, Italy   Canonized 19 June 1977 by Pope Paul VI
 

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