Joseph Rosati
Joseph Rosati CM (born January 2, 1789 in Sora , Italy , † September 25, 1843 in St. Louis , Missouri , USA) was the first bishop of St. Louis .
Life
Joseph Rosati was born on January 2, 1789 in Sora (Latium), Italy, then the Republic of Naples. After completing his training in 1807, he took his religious vows as a Vincentian in 1808. On February 10, 1811, Rosati was ordained a priest at the age of 22 . In 1816 he traveled to Baltimore , Maryland and a few years later he settled in Bardstown, Kentucky. He taught as a professor of theology at St. Thomas' Seminary from 1817 to 1818. He then moved to Perryville , Missouri, where he opened St. Mary's Seminary. For several years he planned and supervised the construction of a school, where he taught most of the classes and at the same time worked as a community chaplain. In 1820 he was appointed head of the Order of the Vincentines in the USA.
On August 13, 1822, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Mississippi and Alabama , and a year later, Coadjutor Bishop of Louisiana . He received his episcopal ordination from the Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas , Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg , on March 25, 1824. Two years later, on July 18, 1826, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of St. Louis, Missouri and New Orleans, Louisiana. Rosati was named the first bishop of St. Louis on March 20, 1827. He resigned as Apostolic Administrator of New Orleans on August 4, 1829.
In Louisiana, he opened St. Louis Hospital in 1828, which was run by the Sisters of Love . In St. Louis he campaigned for the establishment of Saint Louis University in 1829 and began construction of the first cathedral in the Diocese of St. Louis in 1831, which was completed in 1834. In 1841 Pope Gregory XVI commissioned Rosati to lead the negotiation between the Pope and the State of Haiti . After sending the Pope a report on the negotiations, he died on September 25, 1843 at the age of 54.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of St. Louis 1827 - 1843 |
Peter Richard Kenrick |
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| SURNAME | Rosati, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first Archbishop of St. Louis |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1789 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sora , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1843 |
| Place of death | St. Louis , Missouri , USA |