David, John Baptist Mary

Related Category: Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches: General Biographies

1761–1841, French missionary in the United States, b. Brittany. He was educated at Nantes, joined the Sulpicians, and because of the French Revolution emigrated to the United States. At Bardstown, Ky., he founded a seminary (St. Thomas) and schools for boys and girls. He also established a community of Sisters of Charity at Nazareth, Ky. From 1819 he was bishop coadjutor of Bardstown. Bishop David's devotional works were popular for a generation.