Jean-François Hubert

Jean-François Hubert (23 February 1739 – 17 October 1797) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Quebec. Quotes about Jean-François Hubert A group of English loyalists emigrated from the United States, planned the scheme of a mixed university, under the name of Royal Institution, for Catholics and Protestants alike, to be subsidized out of the revenues of the Jesuits' estates, an organization investing the State with the entire control of education and destined to destroy the faith and nationality of French Canadians. Bishop Hubert, in spite of opposition from unexpected quarters, successfully thwarted the plan Lionel Lindsay, Jean-François Hubert (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia External links Category:1739 births Category:People from Quebec Category:Catholics from Canada Category:Roman Catholic bishops Category:1797 deaths