Michael Domenec
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Michael Domenec (1816–1878) was the 2nd Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Born December 27 in Reus, near Tarragona, Spain, he was educated in Reus until 1832, when his family fled to France for political reasons. There he studied at the College of Montolieu in Adus, France, where he joined the order called the Congregation of the Missions, also known as the Vincentians. He lived at the Vincentian motherhouse in Paris. In 1838 he answered an appeal for missionaries in the United States and he was ordained a priest on 30 June 1839 in Barrens, Missouri.
On 9 December 1860 Domenec was ordained bishop of Pittsburgh, a post he held for 16 years.
He died on January 7, 1878 while on a stop in his native Spain as he returned from an earlier meeting at the Vatican. He is buried in the Cathedral of Tarragona, Spain.
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- Glenn, Francis A. (1993). Shepherds of the Faith 1843-1993: A Brief History of the Bishops of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh: Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. ISBN none.
| Preceded by Michael O'Connor |
Bishop of Pittsburgh 1860–1876 |
Succeeded by John Tuigg |
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