The Right Reverend Benedict Joseph Flaget, S.S., (November 7, 1763 – February 11, 1850) was a French-born Catholic bishop in the United States. He served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bardstown between 1808 and 1839, then as Bishop of the Diocese of Louisville between 1839 and 1850 when the see was transferred to Louisville in 1839.
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7 November 1763 Contournat, Saint-Julien-de-Coppel, Puy-de-Dôme, Kingdom of France
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Died |
11 February 1850 (aged 86)
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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