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(1768-1853) Pioneer missionary in Kentucky, born Orléans, France; died Cincinnati, Ohio. He entered the Sulpician Seminary at Orléans, completing his studies in America, where he was ordained, the first in the United States, May 25, 1793. Appointed to the Kentucky mission, he labored for many years, forming congregations and building churches. After a sojourn in France, 1819-1828, he returned to America and undertook missionary work among the Pottowattomies, being named Vicar-General of Kentucky, 1837. In 1846 he became rector of a French mission in Illinois. His published works include a history of the Kentucky missions, two Latin poems, and Letters to an Episcopalian Friend.