St. John Neumann
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- Feast Day: January 5
- Born: March 28, 1811 in Bohemia (Czech Republic)
- Served in New York as 1 of 36 priests for 200,000 Catholics
- Appointed bishop of Philadelphia in 1852
- Organized the first diocesan Catholic school system in North America and increased the number of Catholic schools from 2 to 100
- Introduced the 40 Hours Devotion
- Founded the Third Order of St. Francis of Glen Riddle
- Died: January 5, 1860
- Canonization: June 19, 1977
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