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About St. John Neumann
28 March 1811 – 5 January 1860 · Feast January 5 · Bishop / Redemptorist
Bohemian-American Redemptorist bishop (1811-1860), emigrated alone to New York for ordination in 1836; bishop of Philadelphia from 1852, where he organized the first diocesan parochial school system in the United States and built nearly 100 churches. First American male saint; canonized 1977 by Paul VI.
St. John Neumann is the patron saint of Catholic Education, Immigrants, Sick Children and Philadelphia.
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