Charles de la Croix [SEP] occupation
Charles de la Croix
Charles de la Croix (October 28, 1792 - August 20, 1869) was a Flemish Roman Catholic missionary. 
Early life.
He was born at Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke and was educated at the seminary in Ghent. Because he resisted the bishop forced upon the diocese by Napoleon I, he was imprisoned in the fortress of Wesel with his brother Joseph, who did not survive. 
After the fall of Napoleon's empire, de la Croix resumed his studies and was ordained in
later to be a senior minister under Charles de Gaulle, he participated actively in the French Résistance Movement "Combat" against the Nazi occupation. His name in the French Résistance was "Jacques Portal". He received the Croix du combattant volontaire 1939–1945, the Medaille Commémorative de la Guerre 1939–1945 with the bar "France".
He was to be made Knight (Chevalier) of the Legion of Honor (Légion d'honneur) for his military activities.
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His wife, Antoinette Feuerwerker (née Gluck