"No Indian missionary of modern times was more beloved and revered by both Indians and whites than Baraga. He loved his Indians with a warm-hearted devotion which they reciprocated. Men of all positions in society, Catholics and non-Catholics, revered him as an ideal man, Christian, and bishop."
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Frederic Baraga
Frederic Baraga (29 June 1797 – 19 January 1868) was a Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Marquette.
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