Pierre Pigneau de Behaine

Pigneau de Béhaine
The 1787 painting of Pigneau de Behaine by Maupérin is visible at the Paris Foreign Missions Society
Personal
Born2 November 1741
Died9 October 1799(1799-10-09) (aged 57)
ReligionRoman Catholic
Senior posting
Based inVietnam
Consecration24 February 1774 by Bernardo de São Caetano
PredecessorGuillaume Piguel
SuccessorJean Labartette

Pierre Joseph Georges Pigneau (2 November 1741[2] – 9 October 1799), commonly known as Pigneau de Béhaine (French: [piɲo be.ɛn]), also Pierre Pigneaux, Bá Đa Lộc ("Pedro"[3] 祿), Bách Đa Lộc (祿) and Bi Nhu ("Pigneau"[4] ), was a French Roman Catholic bishop best known for his role in assisting Nguyễn Ánh (later Emperor Gia Long) to establish the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam after the Tây Sơn rebellion.


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