Bailly de Messein, Charles-François

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Name
Bailly de Messein, Charles-François Gender: M
born on 3 November 1740 at 17:00 (= 5:00 PM )
Place Montréal, Quebec (CAN), 45n31, 73w34
Timezone LMT m73w34 (is local mean time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BR
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_scocol.18.gif 11°50' s_mo.18.gif s_taucol.18.gif 13°27 Asc.s_taucol.18.gif 19°53'



Charles-François Bailly de Messein

Biography

French-Canadian Roman Catholic bishop, active as a priest in the British province of Quebec during the American Revolutionary War. 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 died on 20 May 1794, aged 53, in Quebec City, Lower Canada.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield cites birth certificate quoted in "Le Bulletin Des Recherches Historiques, Volumes 23-25" (A. Roy, 1917), p. 227: "ACTE DE NAISSANCE DE CHARLES-FRANÇOIS BAILLY DE MESSEIN (MONTREAL). — Le quatrième novembre mil sept cent quarante a été Bâtisé par moy vicaire soussigné francois Charles né le jour précèdent a cinq heures du soir, fils De Mr françois augustin Bailly De Messen ecuyer et de Dame Marie anne Desgoutin ..."

Categories

  • Vocation : Religion : Ecclesiastics/ western (Roman Catholic bishop)
  • Vocation : Religion : Missionary