John Joseph Kain | |
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Archbishop of Saint Louis | |
Church | Catholic |
Archdiocese | Saint Louis |
Appointed | February 12, 1875 |
Predecessor | Peter Richard Kenrick |
Successor | John J. Glennon |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Wheeling 1875 to 1893 |
Orders | |
Ordination | July 7, 1866 by Martin John Spalding |
Consecration | May 23, 1875 by James Roosevelt Bayley |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | October 13, 1903 Baltimore, Maryland | (aged 62)
Education | St. Charles College St. Mary's College |
John Joseph Kain (May 31, 1841 – October 13, 1903) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Wheeling from 1875 to 1893 and as the first American-born Archbishop of Saint Louis from 1896 to 1903.