Jean Baptiste de La Croix de Chevri%C3%A8res de Saint Vallier

JeanBaptiste de la Croix de Chevrire de St. Vallier was most acknowledged for his role as Quebecs second bishop. Born in the south eastern French city of Grenoble in 1653 , to a wealthy land owning family, SaintVallier swiftly became a community figure, as he is well known for his own founding of a hospital in St. Valier. His officious and selfdominant attitude, led him to see the New World and accept the position of Bishop in 1685 at the call of Louis XIV and Mgr de Laval, former Bishop of Quebec. Often referred to as Abb SaintVallier, he retained a controversial aspect as a member of the community while being the centrefold Bishop of Quebec as he lacked the qualities of adhering the advices of his associates and those surrounding him. While claiming himself to be something other than a people pleaser, as Bishop and for what he believed to be necessary, he spent mass amounts of money that inadvertently left the seminary to be in a great debt upon his death in 1727. He was deeply insc

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