Charles-François Baillargeon [SEP] position held
Charles-François Baillargeon
Charles-François Baillargeon (April 26, 1798 – October 13, 1870) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and archbishop.
Biography.
He was from Lower Canada and studied at the Collège de Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Collège de Nicolet followed by four years of theology at Quebec where his choice of the priesthood was confirmed. He was ordained in 1822, and became chaplain of the church of Saint-Roch and also the director of the
François-Xavier Babineau
François-Xavier Babineau (21 March 1825 – 16 April 1890) was a Canadian Catholic priest, and the first New Brunswick-born Acadian to become a Catholic priest.
Babineau was born the son of prosperous farmers in New Brunswick. He received his early education locally and then studied at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière in Canada East. He pursued further studies for the priesthood at Quebec City, and was ordained in 1851 by Bishop Charles-François Baillargeon.
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