Background
Anthony Rey was born in Lyon, France on 19 March 1807.
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Career
He was the first Catholic chaplain killed during service with the United States military. In 1840 he was sent to the United States, appointed professor of philosophy in Georgetown College, and in 1843 transferred to Saint Joseph"s Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fluent in French and German, Father Rey was able to preach in English three months after arriving in the United States.
Appointed a chaplain in the United States. Army in May 1846, he ministered to the wounded and dying at the siege of Monterrey.
After the capture of the city, he remained with the army at Monterrey and learned Spanish in order to preach to the rancheros of the neighbourhood. Against the advice of the United States. officers, he set out for Matamoros, preaching to a congregation of Americans and Mexicans at Ceralvo.
lieutenant is conjectured that he was killed by a band under the leader Antonio Canales Rosillo, as his body was discovered, pierced with lances, a few days later.
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Born
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January 19, 1847 (aged 39) -
Nationality
France