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Bishop Charles-Francois Bailly de Messein

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Bishop Charles-Francois Bailly de Messein

Birth
Varennes, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
20 May 1794 (aged 53)
Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
Burial
Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada GPS-Latitude: 46.8138215, Longitude: -71.2060315
Plot
Crypte des Évêques.
Memorial ID
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He was a priest active in the British province of Quebec during the American Revolution. He is best known for his Loyalist activism during the American invasion of Quebec, when he was injured during the Battle of Saint-Pierre, and for publicly supporting a planned university that his bishop opposed.
He was a priest active in the British province of Quebec during the American Revolution. He is best known for his Loyalist activism during the American invasion of Quebec, when he was injured during the Battle of Saint-Pierre, and for publicly supporting a planned university that his bishop opposed.


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