Name: Bazin, John Stephen
Born: 15 October 1796
Place Born: Duerne, Lyons, France
Ordained: 22 July 1822
Place Ordained: Lyons, France
Years of Service: 1847-1848
Died: 23 April 1848
Place Died: Vincennes, Indiana
Buried: In the crypt of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Vincennes, Indiana
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Right Reverend John Stephen Bazin, Bishop of Vincennes
Native name: Jean Etienne Bazin
See: Roman Catholic Diocese of Vincennes (Indiana)
Installed: October 24, 1847
Predecessor: Celestine Guynemer de la Hailandiere
Successor: Jacques-Maurice des Landes deAussac De Saint Palais
Ordination: July 22, 1822
Personal details:
Born: October 15, 1796, Duerne, France
Died: April 23, 1848 (aged 51), Vincennes, Indiana
Bishop John Stephen (Jean Etienne) Bazin was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Vincennes (now the Archdiocese of Indianapolis). He was born at Duerne, near Lyon, France, October 15, 1796; died at Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.A., April 23, 1848. He was educated in his native country and ordained in Lyon Cathedral, July 22, 1822.
In 1830 he emigrated to the United States and began his labors among the Catholics of Mobile, Alabama, where for seventeen years he toiled zealously for the religious instruction of the young, organizing the Sunday schools and establishing the Catholic Orphan Asylum Society. He was also the vicar-general of the diocese.
In 1846 at the request of Bishop Michael Portier, Father Bazin went to France to secure the services of the Society of Jesus for Spring Hill College of Mobile, Alabama, and of the Brothers of the Christian Schools for the Boys’ Orphan Asylum. In both efforts he was successful.
When the Right Rev. Celestine Guynemer de la Hailandiere, Bishop of Vincennes, resigned his see in 1847, Father Bazin was consecrated his successor on the 24th of October of that year. His episcopal career, which promised to be one of great usefulness to the Church, was cut short by his untimely death only seven months later.
Despite his short term as bishop, Bazin was able to heal some of the rifts that had formed in his diocese. He reassured Saint Mother Theodore Guerin that her congregation, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, could continue despite numerous issues they had had with Bishop de la Hailandiere, who had banished Guerin from the diocese and threatened excommunication. In a letter to another bishop, Bishop Jean-Baptiste Bouvier of Le Mans, Guerin described Bazin as “pious, humble, and of an amiable simplicity.”
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Third Bishop of Vincennes (now the Diocese of Indianapolis), b. at Duerne, near Lyons, France, 15 Oct., 1796; d. at Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.A., 23 April, 1848. He was educated in his native country and ordained in the Cathedral of Lyons, 22 July, 1822. In 1830 he came to America and began his labours among the Catholics of Mobile, Alabama, where for seventeen years he toiled zealously for the religious instruction of the young, organizing the Sunday schools and establishing the Catholic Orphan Asylum Society. He was also the vicar-general of the diocese. In 1846 at the request of Bishop Portier, Father Bazin went to France to secure the services of the Society of Jesus for the College of Spring Hill, Alabama, and of the Brothers of the Christian Schools for the Boys’ Orphan Asylum. In both efforts he was successful. When the Right Rev. Celestine de la Hailandiere, Bishop of Vincennes, resigned his see in 1847, Father Bazin was consecrated his successor on the 24th of October of that year. His episcopal career, which promised to be one of great usefulness to the Church, was cut short by his untimely death.
[Clarke, Lives of the Deceased Bishops (New York, 1888), II, 370; Shea, History of the Catholic Church in U.S. (New York, 1889), IV, 200 sqq.; Reuss, Biographical Cyclopaedia of the Catholic Hierarchy (Milwaukee, Wis., 1898] EDWARD P. SPILLANE – Transcribed by Susan Birkenseer
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat. 1910.
Place Ordained: Lyons, France
Years of Service: 1847-1848
Died: 04/23/ 1848
Place Died: Vincennes, Indiana
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Right Reverend John Stephen Bazin, Bishop of Vincennes
Native name Jean Etienne Bazin
See Roman Catholic Diocese of Vincennes (Indiana)
Installed October 24, 1847
Predecessor Celestine Guynemer de la Hailandiere
Successor Jacques-Maurice des Landes deAussac De Saint Palais
Orders
Ordination July 22, 1822
Personal details
Born October 15, 1796
Duerne, France
Died April 23, 1848 (aged 51)
Vincennes, Indiana
Bishop John Stephen (Jean Etienne) Bazin was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Vincennes (now the Archdiocese of Indianapolis). He was born at Duerne, near Lyon, France, October 15, 1796; died at Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.A., April 23, 1848. He was educated in his native country and ordained in Lyon Cathedral, July 22, 1822.
In 1830 he emigrated to the United States and began his labours among the Catholics of Mobile, Alabama, where for seventeen years he toiled zealously for the religious instruction of the young, organizing the Sunday schools and establishing the Catholic Orphan Asylum Society. He was also the vicar-general of the diocese.
In 1846 at the request of Bishop Michael Portier, Father Bazin went to France to secure the services of the Society of Jesus for Spring Hill College of Mobile, Alabama, and of the Brothers of the Christian Schools for the Boys’ Orphan Asylum. In both efforts he was successful.
When the Right Rev. Celestine Guynemer de la Hailandiere, Bishop of Vincennes, resigned his see in 1847, Father Bazin was consecrated his successor on the 24th of October of that year. His episcopal career, which promised to be one of great usefulness to the Church, was cut short by his untimely death only seven months later.
Despite his short term as bishop, Bazin was able to heal some of the rifts that had formed in his diocese. He reassured Saint Mother Theodore Guerin that her congregation, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, could continue despite numerous issues they had had with Bishop de la Hailandiere, who had banished Guerin from the diocese and threatened excommunication.[1] In a letter to another bishop, Bishop Jean-Baptiste Bouvier of Le Mans, Guerin described Bazin as “pious, humble, and of an amiable simplicity.”[2]
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Third Bishop of Vincennes (now the Diocese of Indianapolis), b. at Duerne, near Lyons, France, 15 Oct., 1796; d. at Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.A., 23 April, 1848. He was educated in his native country and ordained in the Cathedral of Lyons, 22 July, 1822. In 1830 he came to America and began his labours among the Catholics of Mobile, Alabama, where for seventeen years he toiled zealously for the religious instruction of the young, organizing the Sunday schools and establishing the Catholic Orphan Asylum Society. He was also the vicar-general of the diocese. In 1846 at the request of Bishop Portier, Father Bazin went to France to secure the services of the Society of Jesus for the College of Spring Hill, Alabama, and of the Brothers of the Christian Schools for the Boys’ Orphan Asylum. In both efforts he was successful. When the Right Rev. C�lestine de la Hailandiere, Bishop of Vincennes, resigned his see in 1847, Father Bazin was consecrated his successor on the 24th of October of that year. His episcopal career, which promised to be one of great usefulness to the Church, was cut short by his untimely death.
Clarke, Lives of the Deceased Bishops (New York, 1888), II, 370; Shea, History of the Catholic Church in U.S. (New York, 1889), IV, 200 sqq.; Reuss, Biographical Cyclopaedia of the Catholic Hierarchy (Milwaukee, Wis., 1898).
EDWARD P. SPILLANE
Transcribed by Susan Birkenseer
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat. 1910.