1. Michael Domenec served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania from 1860 to 1876 and as the only bishop of the short-lived Diocese of Allegheny in Pennsylvania from 1876 to 1877.
13 Facts About Michael Domenec
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Michael Domenec was born on December 27,1816, and baptized the same day at the parish church of Saint Peter in Reus, near Tarragona, Spain.
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Michael Domenec lived at their motherhouse in Paris until 1838.
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In Paris, Michael Domenec met Father John Timon, the visitor general of the Vincentians in the United States.
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At Timon's invitation, Michael Domenec joined the American mission, arriving at St Mary's of the Barrens, a seminary in Perryville, Missouri.
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Michael Domenec became fluent in English and acquired a reputation as an orator.
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Michael Domenec was ordained for the Vincentians by Bishop Joseph Rosati to the priesthood on June 30,1839.
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Michael Domenec was appointed pastor of St Stephen's Parish in Nicetown, Pennsylvania, and later of St Vincent de Paul Parish in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
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On September 28,1860, Michael Domenec was appointed by Pope Pius IX as the second bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
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Michael Domenec was consecrated in Saint Paul's Cathedral by Archbishop Francis Kenrick on December 9,1860.
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Michael Domenec found the diocese in good order: "well-supplied with priests and churches, and finely equipped institutions".
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Michael Domenec traveled to Rome in early 1877 to advocate for the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
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Michael Domenec then resigned as bishop of the Diocese of Allegheny.