(1815-1875) Jesuit missionary, born near Fribourg, Switzerland; died Mount Hope, Maryland. Sent to the Indian Mission in Maine, he was later pastor to the scattered Catholics in East port, Bangor, and Ellsworth. While at Ellsworth, during the Know-nothing movement, he was tarred, feathered, and expelled from the vicinity by order of the town council. He built the first church in Bangor, 1856, became rector of Boston College, 1859, and then superior of the Jesuit mission of New York and Canada.
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