Joseph Rosati

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joseph Rosati (1789 - 1843) was a U.S. (Italian-born) Catholic bishop. He served as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Louis between 1826 and 1843.

He was born in Sora, Italy, in what was then the Neapolitan Republic. He completed his education in 1807, and took his vows as a Vincentian in 1808. In 1811, Rosati was ordained a priest.

In 1816, he arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, relocating to Bardstown, Kentucky later that same year. He would serve as professor of theology at St. Thomas' Seminary in Kentucky from 1817 to 1818. He moved to Perryville, Missouri, where he opened St. Mary's Seminary in 1818. For several years, he planned and supervised the construction of the school, while at the same time teaching most of the classes and functioning as the local pastor. In 1820, he was appointed the Vincentian superior for the Americas.

In 1822, he was appointed vicar apostolic of Mississippi and Alabama, and, the next year, appointed to be coadjutor bishop of Louisiana.

His achievements while in Louisiana include the opening of St. Louis Hospital by the Sisters of Charity in 1828, founding of St. Mary's of the Barrens Seminary, erection of what would become Saint Louis University in 1829, the erection of the first Cathedral of St. Louis from 1831 through 1834.

In 1841, he was appointed by Pope Gregory XVI to assist in negotiations between the Pope and Haiti. He died in Rome in 1843, after giving the pope his report on his mission.

Bishop Rosati is the namesake for an all girls' Roman Catholic high school, Rosati-Kain, located in the central west end in the city of Saint Louis, located next to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.

[edit] References

• Christensen, Lawrence O., et al. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia, MO:University of Missouri Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8262-1222-0
• Who Was Who in America:Historical Volume 1607-1896. Chicato:Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

v • d • e Archdiocese of New Orleans Patron Saint: Our Lady of Prompt Succor Newspaper: Clarion Herald Bishops & Archbishops Bishops: Luis Penalver y Cardenas | Francisco Porró Reinado | Louis-Guillaume Dubourg | Joseph Rosati | Leo-Raymond de Neckere | Antoine Blanc Archbishops: Antoine Blanc | Jean-Marie Odin | Napoléon-Joseph Perché | Francois-Xavier Leray | Francis Janssens | Placide-Louis Chapelle | James Hubert Blenk | John William Shaw | Joseph Francis Rummel | John Patrick Cody | Philip Matthew Hannan | Francis Bible Schulte | Alfred Clifton Hughes Churches within Orleans Parish Cathedral: St. Louis Cathedral All Saints | Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos | Blessed Sacrament | Center of Jesus the Lord | Corpus Christi | Holy Ghost | Holy Name of Jesus Church | Holy Name of Mary | Holy Spirit | Immaculate Conception | Mary, Queen of Vietman | Mater Dolorosa | National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor | Our Lady of Guadalupe | Our Lady of Good Counsel | Our Lady of La Vang | Our Lady of the Rosary | Our Lady Star of the Sea | Resurrection of Our Lord | St. Andrew the Apostle | St. Anthony of Padua | St. Augustine Church | St. Dominic | St. Francis de Sales | St. Francis of Assisi | St. Gabriel the Archangel | St. Henry | St. James Major | St. Joan of Arc | St. Joseph Church (New Orleans) | St. Joseph Church (Algiers) | St. Julien Eymard | St. Leo the Great | St. Maria Goretti | St. Mary of the Angels | St. Mary's Assumption | St. Mary's Chapel | St. Matthias | St. Maurice | St. Patrick's | St. Paul the Apostle | St. Peter Claver | St. Pius X | St. Rita | St. Stephen | St. Theresa of Avila | St. Thomas the Apostle | St. Thomas More | Vietnamese Martyrs Chapel Schools Diocesan Seminaries: Notre Dame | Saint Joseph Colleges & Universities: Loyola | Our Lady of Holy Cross | Xavier K-12: Academy of the Sacred Heart High Schools: Archbishop Blenk High School Archbishop Chapelle High School | Archbishop Hannan High School | Archbishop Rummel High School | Archbishop Shaw High School | Brother Martin High School | Cabrini High School | De La Salle High School | Holy Cross High School | Holy Rosary High School | Immaculata High School | Jesuit High School | Mount Carmel Academy | Pope John Paul II | Redeemer-Seton High School | St. Charles Catholic High School | St. Augustine High School | Saint Mary's Academy | St. Mary's Dominican High School | St. Paul's School | St. Scholastica Academy | Ursuline Academy | Xavier University Preparatory School Other: New Orleans Catholic League