Ignatius Mrak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ignatius Mrak

Slovenian-American Catholic bishop

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1810

Place of Birth: Hotovlja, Slovenia

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1901

Profession: missionary, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Ignatius Mrak (October 10 or 16, 1810 – January 2, 1901) was the second Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Marquette, in Michigan, United States.Mrak was born in the small village of Hotovlja in Upper Carniola, a province of the Duchy of Carniola (now in Slovenia), then part of the Austrian Empire.
He studied philosophy at Ljubljana and then studied at the diocesan seminary in the same town.
On August 13, 1837 he was ordained a priest by the Bishop of Ljubljana, Anton Aloys Wolf. In 1845 Mrak moved to the United States.
He first ministered in Northern Michigan (at L'Arbre Croche, a mission settlement started by French Jesuits, and Peshawbestown).
He served with his fellow Slovenian, the Rev.
Francis Xavier Pierz.
In 1851 Mrak moved to Minnesota, where he worked for nearly two decades, until 1869.
He returned to Michigan that year after being appointed as Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, succeeding Fr.
Frederic Baraga.