Saint John Neumann was known for building 98 churches and schools and being the first non-American to be ordained in America as a member of the Redemptorists. He also was the 4th bishop of Philadelphia.
In March 1852 Neumann was consecrated in Baltimore, as Bishop of Philadelphia. He was the first bishop in the United States to organize a Catholic diocesan school system, and he increased the number of Catholic schools in his diocese from one to one hundred. His construction campaign extended to parishes churches as well. He actively invited religious orders to establish new houses within the diocese and founded a congregation of Franciscan Sisters, the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Philadelphia. He brought the School Sisters of Notre Dame from Germany to assist in religious instruction and staffing an orphanage and intervened to save the Oblate Sisters of Providence from dissolution. He established and built so many new parish churches within the diocese that one was completed almost at the rate of one every month.[2] His facility with languages endeared him to the many new immigrant communities in the city. As well as ministering to newcomers in his native German, he also spoke Italian fluently and ministered personally to a growing congregation of Italian-speakers in his private chapel. He eventually established the first Italian national parishes in the country for them. Neumann's efforts to expand the church throughout his diocese was not without oppostion. The Know Nothings, an anti-Catholic political party, was at the height of its activities, setting fire to convents and schools. Discouraged, Neumann wrote to Rome asking to be replaced as bishop, but he received a reply from Pope Pius IX insisting that he continue. In 1854, Neumann traveled to Rome and was present at St. Peter's Basilica on December 8, along with 53 cardinals, 139 other bishops, and thousands of priests and laity, when Pope Pius IX solemnly defined ex cathedra the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. While running errands on January 5, 1860, Neumann collapsed and died on a city street, due to a stroke. He was 48 years old. Bishop James Frederick Wood, who had been appointed his coadjutor with right of succession, then took office as Bishop of Philadelphia. Neumann's date of death, January 5, is now his feast day in the Roman Catholic Church.
St. John Neumann was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church on June 19, 1977, by Pope Paul VI.
John Neumann was canonized on June 19, 1977, by Pope Paul VI.
St. John Fisher was martyred for opposing King Henry VIII on June 22, 1535, on Tower Hill, Tyburn, England.
He was canonized on June 19, 1977, by Pope Paul VI.
october 13, 1963
Cause he built 98 chuches andschools
St. John Neumann was a Catholic bishop.
January 5 is the feast of St. John Neumann.
Paul Neumann is not a saint but a movie star. Were you referring to St. John Neumann?
St. John Neumann was a Catholic Priest. St. John Neumann is most known for being the first American priest to be canonized.
St. John Neumann was born on March 28, 1811.
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There are dozens and dozens of saints named John so you need to be specific.There is more than one St. John.Look in the related link below for more information about your question.
St. John Neumann introduced the practice in the United States.
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St. John Neumann started the Forty Hours Devotion in America.
John Neumann was the bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
John Neumann was not a martyr. He died of natural causes - a stroke.