Stephen Badin

The Reverend

Stephen Theodore Badin
Native name
Étienne Théodore Badin
Church Catholic
Diocese Baltimore
Orders
Ordination25 May 1793
by John Carroll
Personal details
Born17 July 1768
Died21 April 1853

Stephen Theodore Badin (born Étienne Théodore Badin; 17 July 1768 – 21 April 1853) was the first Catholic priest ordained in the United States. He spent most of his long career ministering to widely dispersed Catholics in Canada and in what became the states of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois.