The Venerable Frederic Irenaeus Baraga (Slovene: Friderik Irenej Baraga) was a Slovenian Roman Catholic missionary to the United States and a grammarian of Native American languages. He became the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette Michigan originally sited at Sault Sainte Marie which he led for 15 years.His letters about his missionary work were published widely in Europe inspiring Saint John Neumann and Father Francis Xavier Pierz to immigrate to the United States.
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