Sainte-valier, Jean Baptiste De Lacroix De

Sainte-Valier, Jean Baptiste De Lacroix De, a French prelate, was born at Grenoble, Nov. 14, 1653. He became chaplain to Louis XIV, and in 1684 was appointed vicar-general of Quebec by bishop Laval. He arrived in Canada July 30, 1685, returned to France Nov. 1687; was consecrated bishop of Quebec, Jan. 25, 1688, and went back to Canada in August of the same year; founded the general hospital at Quebec, was captured by the English at sea while returning from a visit to France, July, 1704, and remained a prisoner until 1709. He died at Quebec, Dec. 26, 1727. He was the author of Etat Present de l'Eglise et de la Colonie Francaise dans la Nouvelle France (1688).

 
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