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Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) when Bishop John Carroll, Rev. Robert Molyneux, and Rev. John Ashton purchase land for the proposed academy for the education of youth.
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Private Jesuit university in Washington, D.C., US
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Place in the United States
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John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore)
First Catholic bishop in the US (1735–1815)
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Robert Molyneux
English-American Jesuit (1738–1808)
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Day of the year
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