Matignon (Francois A.) is born in Paris.

Francois Matignon graduates from the Sorbonne, and arrives in Boston on August 20, 1792 to Boston to minister to some 100 Catholics scattered through New England as well as to Native Americans converted to the faith. Described by Thomas O’Connor as “[A] kind, gentle, personable man who made friends easily and listened to both side of an issue,” Matignon is subsequently credited with healing the rift that had developed between Boston’s French and Irish Catholics and winning acceptance by the town’s Protestants. He dies in Boston on September 19, 1818, and is buried initially in the Granary Burying Ground. Matignon’s remains are moved to a vault in St. Augustine’s Chapel in December 1818.*