Background
David, John Baptist Mary was born on June 4, 1761 in Couëron, Brittany, France. Son of Jean and Jeanne (Aubrain) David.
David, John Baptist Mary was born on June 4, 1761 in Couëron, Brittany, France. Son of Jean and Jeanne (Aubrain) David.
Master of Arts, College of Nantes (France). Attended Sulpician Theological Seminary, Issy, France.
Ordained Sulpician priest, 1785. Professor theology and philosophy Sulpician College, Angers, France, 1785-1790. Went into hding from terrorists during French Revolution, 1790-1792.
Came to American, 1792.
Assigned to missions in Charles County, Maryland. 1st American priest to institute spiritual retreats for benefit of laity.
Professor philosophy Georgetown College, 1804-1806. Professor Saint Mary's Seminary, 1806-1810.
Founder, president Saint Thomas Seminary (chartered as university 1823), Bardstown, Kentucky.
Founder, spiritual director Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (Kentucky). Declined nomination as bishop of Philadelphia. Coadjutor-bishop of Bardstown, 1817-1832, bishop, 1832-1833.
Representative to 2d Provincial Council of Baltimore, 1833.