5th January

Feast Day of

St John Neumann C.Ss.R.

TIME LINE

March 28, 1811
St. John Neumann born in Prachatice, Bohemia (modern day Czech Republic)

June 1836
Ordained a priest by the bishop of New York

June 1842
Takes vows as a Redemptorist

1846-1849
Redemptorist vice-provincial in the U.S.

1849-1852
Pastor, St. Alphonsus Church Baltimore

1852
Named fourth bishop of Philadelphia

January 5, 1860
Neumann dies at age 49

October 13, 1963
Declared Blessed

June 19, 1977
Neumann declared a saint by Pope Paul VI