François-Xavier Babineau

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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.

Babineau returned to his home province to minister and served in a number of parishes. In 1859 at Cap-Pelé, he singlehandedly saw a number of his parishioners through a smallpox epidemic.

In 1864, François-Xavier became the first resident priest for Cap-Pelé and, over a number of years, ministered there and at Buctouche, New Brunswick.^[1] In 1878, being unhappy with his postings, he left the ministry. In 1881, he obtained a teaching certificate and finished his life in that capacity.

References

↑ Brown, George W.; David M. Hayne, Francess G. Halpenny, Ramsay Cook (1966). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-8020-3142-0. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

External links

Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

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Name	Babineau, Francois-Xavier
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Short description	Canadian priest
Date of birth	21 March 1825
Place of birth
Date of death	16 April 1890
Place of death

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