1827 Benedict Joseph Flaget 1763-1850

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Marker reads, A priest for 62 years, the First Bishop of the West became Bishop of Bardstown, 1810; of Louisville, 1841. Jurisdiction embraced area of KY., Tenn., and old Northwest Territory. Flaget directed founding of colleges, congregations, and St. Josephs Cathedral; witnessed ten dioceses formed from region. Bishop buried in Louisville.