Seghers, Charles John

SEGHERS, Charles John, Roman Catholic bishop of Vancouver Island in 1873–78 and 1885–86 (b 26 Dec 1839, Ghent, Belgium; d 28 Nov 1886, Alaska). In 1863, after studies in Ghent and Louvain, he was ordained a priest; he then left almost immediately for VANCOUVER ISLAND. He served as parish priest in VICTORIA for 10 years and in 1873 succeeded Modeste DEMERS as bishop of the Island. He particularly strove to extend missionary activity among aboriginal people of the West Coast and Alaska. In...

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