John Stephen Bazin

The Right Reverend John Stephen Bazin
Bishop of Vincennes

Native name	Jean Etienne Bazin
See	Roman Catholic Diocese of Vincennes (Indiana)
Installed	October 24, 1847
Predecessor	Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière
Successor	Jacques-Maurice des Landes d’Aussac De Saint Palais
Orders
Ordination	July 22, 1822
Personal details
Born	(1796-10-15)October 15, 1796 Duerne, France
Died	April 23, 1848(1848-04-23) (aged 51) Vincennes, Indiana
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Styles of John Stephen (Jean Etienne) Bazin

Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	none

Bishop John Stephen (Jean Etienne) Bazin was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Vincennes (now the Archdiocese of Indianapolis). He was born at Duerne, near Lyon, France, October 15, 1796; died at Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.A., April 23, 1848. He was educated in his native country and ordained in Lyon Cathedral, July 22, 1822.

In 1830 he emigrated to the United States and began his labours among the Catholics of Mobile, Alabama, where for seventeen years he toiled zealously for the religious instruction of the young, organizing the Sunday schools and establishing the Catholic Orphan Asylum Society. He was also the vicar-general of the diocese.

In 1846 at the request of Bishop Michael Portier, Father Bazin went to France to secure the services of the Society of Jesus for Spring Hill College of Mobile, Alabama, and of the Brothers of the Christian Schools for the Boys' Orphan Asylum. In both efforts he was successful.

When the Right Rev. Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière, Bishop of Vincennes, resigned his see in 1847, Father Bazin was consecrated his successor on the 24th of October of that year. His episcopal career, which promised to be one of great usefulness to the Church, was cut short by his untimely death only seven months later.

Despite his short term as bishop, Bazin was able to heal some of the rifts that had formed in his diocese. He reassured Saint Mother Theodore Guerin that her congregation, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, could continue despite numerous issues they had had with Bishop de la Hailandière, who had banished Guerin from the diocese and threatened excommunication.^[1] In a letter to another bishop, Bishop Jean-Baptiste Bouvier of Le Mans, Guerin described Bazin as "pious, humble, and of an amiable simplicity."^[2]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Mathias Loras	President of Spring Hill College 1832–1836	Succeeded by Peter Mauvernay
Preceded by Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière	Bishop of Vincennes 1847–1848	Succeeded by Jacques-Maurice des Landes d’Aussac De Saint Palais

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↑ Abbott, Maureen (2013). New Lights from Old Truths: Living the Signs of the Times. ISBN 9780989739719.
↑ Guerin, Mother Theodore (1937). Journals and Letters of Mother Theodore Guerin. Providence Press.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "^{article name needed}". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.

Archdiocese of Indianapolis

Ordinaries	Bishops of Vincennes Simon Bruté Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière John Stephen Bazin Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais Bishops of Indianapolis Silas Chatard Joseph Chartrand Archbishops of Indianapolis Joseph Ritter Paul Clarence Schulte George Biskup Edward Thomas O'Meara Daniel M. Buechlein Joseph William Tobin

Auxiliary bishops	Denis O'Donaghue Christopher J. Coyne

Churches	Cathedral Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral Parishes St. John the Evangelist Church, Indianapolis St. Mary's Church, Indianapolis Shrine Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Abbey St. Meinrad Archabbey Chapel Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

Education	Higher education Marian University Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Seminaries Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology High schools Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard High School, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter High School, Indianapolis Cathedral High School, Indianapolis Oldenburg Academy of the Immaculate Conception, Oldenburg Our Lady of Providence Junior-Senior High School, Clarksville Providence Cristo Rey High School, Indianapolis Roncalli High School, Indianapolis Father Thomas Scecina Memorial High School, Indianapolis Seton Catholic High School, Richmond Father Michael Shawe Memorial High School, Madison

Priests	Herman Joseph Alerding Paul D. Etienne Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina Alphonse John Smith

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