Pigneau de Béhaine | |
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![]() The 1787 painting of Pigneau de Behaine by Maupérin is visible at the Paris Foreign Missions Society | |
Personal | |
Born | 2 November 1741 |
Died | 9 October 1799 | (aged 57)
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Senior posting | |
Based in | Vietnam |
Consecration | 24 February 1774 by Bernardo de São Caetano |
Predecessor | Guillaume Piguel |
Successor | Jean Labartette |
Pierre Joseph Georges Pigneau (2 November 1741[2] – 9 October 1799), commonly known as Pigneau de Béhaine (French: [piɲo də be.ɛn]), also Pierre Pigneaux, Bá Đa Lộc ("Pedro"[3] 百多祿), Bách Đa Lộc (伯多祿) and Bi Nhu ("Pigneau"[4] 悲柔), 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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