John Dubois

John Dubois PSS ( born August 24, 1764 in Paris, French spelling Jean Dubois, † December 20, 1842 in New York City ) was Bishop of New York.

Life

Dubois studied theology in Paris and received on 28 September 1787 ordination. In 1791 he fled from the turmoil of the French Revolution to America, where he worked as a pastor. In 1792 he became pastor in Frederick, Maryland. In 1800 was begun under his direction with the construction of a new church. He left his church in 1806 and joined the Sulpizianern in Emmitsburg at. There he founded the St. Mary's College, which later with the support of New York's widow and later Holy Elizabeth Bayley Seton, the first American religious institute was where women were taught.

Pope Leo XII. Dubois appointed on 23 May 1826 the third Bishop of New York. On October 29, 1826, he received from Ambrose Maréchal, Archbishop of Baltimore, episcopal ordination. Mitkonsekrator was Henry Conwell, Bishop of Philadelphia. He was the first New York bishop who resided permanently in his diocese. John Dubois died after 16 years of service and is buried in the old St. Patrick 's Cathedral.

Others

Dubois inaugurated in 1834 the first American Cardinal John McCloskey, a priest.