▁group ▁ ▁K oma ▁Un wind , ▁a ▁be verage ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Com a ▁( disambiguation ) ▁ ▁K OM U <0x0A> </s> ▁John ▁B ap st ▁( born ▁Johannes ▁B ap st ; ▁at ▁La ▁Ro che , ▁F rib ourg , ▁Switzerland , ▁ 1 7 ▁December ▁ 1 8 1 5 ; ▁d . ▁at ▁Mount ▁Hope , ▁Maryland , ▁U . S . A ., ▁ 2 ▁November ▁ 1 8 8 7 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Swiss ▁ ▁Jes uit ▁mission ary ▁and ▁educ ator . ▁He ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁President ▁of ▁Boston ▁College . ▁ ▁Life ▁At ▁ 1 2 ▁he ▁began ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁college ▁of ▁F rib ourg , ▁and ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁September ▁ 1 8 3 5 , ▁entered ▁the ▁nov iti ate ▁of ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Jesus . ▁He ▁was ▁ord ained ▁priest , ▁ 3 1 ▁December ▁ 1 8 4 6 , ▁after ▁the ▁usual ▁course ▁of ▁studies ▁and ▁teaching . ▁ ▁He ▁arrived ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁and , ▁ignor ant ▁of ▁English , ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁minister ▁to ▁the ▁Native ▁Americans ▁at ▁Old ▁Town , ▁Maine . ▁They ▁had ▁been ▁without ▁a ▁priest ▁for ▁twenty ▁years . ▁He ▁founded ▁several ▁temper ance ▁soci eties ▁in ▁Maine . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 0 ▁he ▁left ▁Old ▁Town ▁for ▁East port . ▁His ▁work ▁immediately ▁began ▁to ▁attract ▁attention , ▁both ▁for ▁its ▁results ▁among ▁C athol ics ▁and ▁the