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Jean-Baptiste René SJ (August 22, 1841 – April 6, 1916) was the second Roman Catholic Prefect Apostolic of Alaska.

Born in France, Rene was ordained in 1876. On March 16, 1897, Father Rene was appointed prefect apostolic of Alaska resigning on March 28, 1904. He was later Professor of Scripture and of Hebrew at Spokane.

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1. Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques - Page 581 Alfred Baudrillart, Albert de Meyer, Roger Aubert - 1912 "JUNEAU, diocèse en Alaska, érigé le 23 juin 1951, situé à l'extrémité sud-orientale de ce territoire, qui est devenu le 3 janv. .... Celui-ci eut comme successeur le P. Jean-Baptiste René, qui avait remplacé l'abbé Althoff comme curé de Juneau ..."
2. Letters and diaries - Volume 30 - Page 366 John Henry Newman, Charles Stephen Dessain - 1961 "Jean Baptiste René (1841-1916) was the Superior of a school in Limerick 1880-8. He was then for eight years Prefect Apostolic of Alaska, and later Professor of Scripture and of Hebrew at Spokane. On 9 May Bishop Clifford wrote to Newman ..."
3. David M. Cheney. "Father Jean Baptist Rene [Catholic-Hierarchy]". Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
4. "Catholic Encyclopedia: Alaska". Newadvent.org. Retrieved 2010-05-16.

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Ordinaries	Apostolic prefects of Alaska Pascal Tosi Jean-Baptiste René Apostolic vicars of Alaska Joseph Raphael John Crimont Walter James Fitzgerald Bishops of Fairbanks Francis Doyle Gleeson Robert Louis Whelan Michael Joseph Kaniecki Donald Joseph Kettler Chad Zielinski Steven Maekawa Coadjutor bishop George Theodore Boileau
Churches	Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral Parishes Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks
Education	High school Monroe Catholic High School, Fairbanks
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