venerated canonized_by death_date consecration feast_day article_title coat_of_arms birth_date alt term_end alma_mater death_place attributes title term_start image name beatified_by canonized_place consecrated_by native_name_lang predecessor beatified_place birth_place saint_title patronage shrine beatified_date ordained_by successor religion canonized_date consecrated native_name see ordination birth_name
roman republic -rrb- catholic church -lrb- united states and the czech pope paul vi 5 january 1860 28 march 1852 5 -rrb- january 5 march -lrb- celebrated by the bohemians john neumann
 coat of arms of john nepomucene neumann.svg 28 march 1811 pik 5 january 1860 charles university in prague philadelphia , pennsylvania , united states redemptorist habit with a pectoral cross bishop of philadelphia 28 march 1852 neumann.png saint john neumann pope paul vi vatican city , francis patrick kenrick cz francis patrick kenrick vatican city , prachatitz , kingdom of bohemia , austrian empire missionary , religious and bishop catholic education national pennsylvania , united states shrine of saint john neumann , philadelphia , 13 october 1963 john dubois , s.s. james frederick bryan wood roman catholic 19 june 1977 13 february 1852 jan nepomucký neumann philadelphia 25 june 1836 john nepomucene neumann
john neumann

john nepomucene neumann , c.ss.r .
-lrb- , ; 28 march 1811 -- 5 january 1860 -rrb- , was a native of bohemia who became fluent in six languages before immigrating to the united states .
here he became a catholic priest , redemptorist and the fourth bishop of philadelphia -lrb- 1852 -- 60 -rrb- .
he is the first american bishop -lrb- and thus far the only male citizen -rrb- to be canonized .
while bishop of philadelphia , neumann founded the first catholic diocesan school system in the united states .
