Joseph Rosati

The Right Reverend

Joseph Rosati

C.M.
The Right Reverend; Joseph Rosati; C.M.
Bishop of Saint Louis
Native name	Giuseppe Rosati
See	Saint Louis
Appointed	20 March 1827
Term ended	25 September 1843
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Tanagra, Greece (13 February 1822 – 19 March 1827); Vicar Apostolic of Mississippi and Alabama (13 August 1822 – 13 July 1823); Coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (14 July 1823 – 17 July 1826); Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of New Orleans (18 July 1826 – 4 August 1829); Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of St. Louis (18 July 1826 – 19 March 1827);
Orders
Ordination	10 February 1811
Consecration	25 March 1824; by Bishop Louis Dubourg, S.S.
Personal details
Born	12 January 1789; Sora, Campania, Kingdom of Naples
Died	25 September 1843 (aged 54); Montecitorio, Rome, Italy
Buried	Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Denomination	Catholic Church

Joseph Rosati, CM (30 January 1789 – 25 September 1843) was an Italian-born Catholic missionary to the United States who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Saint Louis in the Missouri Territory from 1826 to 1843. He built the first seminary and the first cathedral for the diocese. He also sent missionaries to areas such as Illinois, Arkansas and the Oregon Country.

A member of the Congregation of the Mission, in 1820 Rosati was appointed provincial superior, in charge of all Vincentian priests and seminarians in the United States. Rosati undertook a high-level diplomatic mission to Haiti in 1841 on behalf of the Vatican