New Line Art from Matthew Alderman

Matthew Alderman. The Servant of God Frederic Ireneus Baraga, First Bishop of Sault Saint Marie. October 2009. Private Collection, Michigan.Friderik Irenej Baraga (1797-1868), a Slovene aristocrat-turned-missionary, was educated in Vienna and ordained in Ljubljana and some years later, volunteered to serve as a priest to the fledgeling diocese of Cincinnati with its vast swath of Indian mission