First Bishop of Bardstown, born Contournat, France, 1763; died Louisville, Kentucky, 1850. Educated at the Sulpician Seminary, Clermont, he joined the Society of Saint Sulpice in 1783; and was ordained priest at Issy, 1787. He taught dogmatic theology at Nantes and at Angers, but left France during the Revolution and arrived at Baltimore, 1792. He was appointed missionary to the Indians at Fort Vincennes, 1792; professor at Georgetown College, 1794; and then was sent to help found a college at Havana, 1798. He returned to Baltimore, 1801, and was consecrated Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky, 1810. The diocese was large, having within its jurisdiction at first the territory now approximately comprising 10 states; it was devoid of funds and in need of spiritual care. Bishop Flaget consecrated his cathedral at Bardstown in 1819. In 1834 his diocese was limited to Kentucky and Tennessee, and it soon had a seminary, 4 colleges, 3 religious orders of men, 3 convents, several academies, and an orphan asylum. A visit to Europe, 1835-1839, netted him financial aid for his diocese, which was transferred to Louisville, 1841. Here he built a convent for the Religious of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd of Angers, 1843, with his private funds.
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