About John Neumann
John Nepomucene Neumann (German: Johann Nepomuk Neumann, Czech: Jan Nepomucký Neumann, Latin: Ioannes Nepomucenus Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Bohemian-born American Catholic prelate who served as the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia from 1852 to 1860. An immigrant from Bohemia, he came to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, and became the bishop of Philadelphia in 1852. In Philadelphia, Neumann founded the first Catholic diocesan school system in the United States. Canonized in 1977, he is the only male American citizen to be named a saint. == Early life and education == Neumann's father, Philip Neumann, was a stocking knitter from Obernburg am Main in the Electorate of Mainz. He moved to Prachatice in the Kingdom of Bohemia (then part of the Austrian Empire, now in the Czechia) in 1802 at age 28 with his wife, Antonie Strakotinská. Antonie died in November 1804 during childbirth. Philip then married the daughter of a Czech harness maker, Agnes Lepší, on July 17, 1805; John Neumann was the third of their six children: Catherine, Veronica, John, Joan, Louise, and Wenceslaus (aka Wenzel). Neumann was born in Prachatice on March 18, 1811; he was baptized the same day in the village Catholic church. He began his education in the village grammar school when he was six.
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