Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix,

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(24 October 1805 – 18 June 1862) was

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of Eastern Siam. Born in

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, France, he was consecrated as a priest of the

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on 31 May 1828. On 3 June 1838 he was assigned as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Siam and titular bishop of Mallus. He was consecrated the same day by Bishop Jean-Paul-Hilaire-Michel Courvezy, the vicar apostolic of Siam. On 10 September 1841 he succeeded Courvezy and became vicar apostolic of Eastern Siam. Bishop Pallegoix was highly esteemed by King

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and they often discussed issues. The king personally assisted at Pallegoix's funeral. Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix

Writings

* ''Description du Royaume Thai'' ( th, เรื่องเล่ากรุงสยาม) *
Dictionarium linguae Thaĭ sive Sa̱mensis interpretatione Latina, Gallica et Anglica illustratum
' ( th, สัพพะ พะจะนะ พาสา ไท); Paris 1854, Reprint: Farnborough 1972. *
Siamese French English Dictionary
' ( th, ศริพจน์ภาษาไทย); Bangkok 1898.

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1805 births 1862 deaths People from Côte-d'Or Apostolic vicars of Siam Paris Foreign Missions Society missionaries French expatriates in Thailand Roman Catholic missionaries in Thailand Paris Foreign Missions Society bishops {{Bishop-stub