Frederic Baraga

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Roman Catholic bishop Servant of God human linguist missionary

Frederic Baraga was a 19th-century Catholic missionary and bishop known for his work among Native American communities in the Great Lakes region and for compiling Ojibwe language dictionaries and grammars.

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Bishop Frederic Baraga	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic bishop ⓘ Servant of God ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ missionary ⓘ
appointedBishopYear	1853 ⓘ
birthDate	1797-06-29 ⓘ
birthPlace	Mala Vas, Duchy of Carniola NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Slovenia ⓘ
burialPlace	St. Peter Cathedral, Marquette, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeForCanonizationStatus	Servant of God ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Austrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	1868-01-19 ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Vienna ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Slovene ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Catholic missions ⓘ Native American linguistics ⓘ Ojibwe language NERFINISHED ⓘ pastoral care of Native Americans ⓘ
hasMemorial	Baraga Avenue in Marquette, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Baraga County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Baraga, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishop Baraga Shrine, L'Anse, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	compiling Ojibwe dictionaries and grammars ⓘ extensive travels on snowshoes ⓘ missionary work among Native Americans in the Great Lakes region ⓘ writing catechisms in Native American languages ⓘ
languageWritten	French ⓘ German ⓘ Latin ⓘ Ojibwe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Slovene ⓘ
missionaryTarget	Ojibwe people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa people NERFINISHED ⓘ other Native American communities in the Great Lakes ⓘ
name	Frederic Baraga NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederic Irenaeus Baraga NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Baraga NERFINISHED ⓘ Friderik Irenej Baraga NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	Snowshoe Priest NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language NERFINISHED ⓘ A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe–English dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ catechisms in Ojibwe ⓘ
ordinationDate	1823-09-21 ⓘ
positionHeld	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
veneratedIn	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
workedIn	Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Baraga County, Michigan → namedAfter → Frederic Baraga ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop Frederic Baraga