Reverend Fr. Stephen Theodore Badin (born Étienne Théodore Badin on July 17, 1768 – April 21, 1853) was the first Catholic priest ordained in the United States. He spent most of his long career ministering to widely dispersed Catholics in Canada and in what became the states of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois.
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17 July 1768 Orleans, France
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Died |
21 April 1853 (aged 84) Cincinnati, Ohio
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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