Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix
Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix (born October 24, 1805 in Combertault , France , † June 18, 1862 in Bangkok ) was a French Apostolic Vicar in Eastern Thailand ("Siam Orientale", today the Archdiocese of Bangkok ).
Pallegoix was ordained on May 31, 1828 as a priest of the Société des Missions Étrangères . On June 3, 1838 he was appointed coadjutor of the Vicar Apostolic in Siam and titular bishop of Mallus . The consecration was carried out by Bishop Jean Paul Hilaire Michel Courvezy , Vicar Apostolic of Siam. On September 10, 1841, Pallegoix was his successor.
Pallegoix was valued by King Mongkut (Rama IV) , and both exchanged views on numerous problems and subjects. The king even assisted in the burial of Pallegoix.
Works
- Description du Royaume Thai; Paris 1854, 2 vols. ( Vol. II online ); reprint: Farnborough 1969; Engl .: Bangkok 2000, ISBN 974-753-405-3 .
- Dictionarium linguae Thaĭ sive Sa̱mensis interpretatione Latina, Gallica et Anglica illustratum , Paris 1854, Reprint: Farnborough 1972. The first four-language dictionary of Thai with Thai, English, French and Latin.
Individual evidence
- ^ Adrien Launay: Mémorial de la Société des Missions-Étrangères . 1916, p. 159
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pallegoix, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Vicar Apostolic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Combertault |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1862 |
| Place of death | Bangkok |