| | '''Charles Chiniquy''' (July 30, 1809 – January 16, 1899), formally baptized Charles-Paschal-Télesphore Chiniquy, was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest who later became a [[Presbyterian]] minister and author. Initially known for his campaign against alcohol consumption in French-speaking Canada, he became a prominent Protestant critic of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] after leaving it in 1858. His autobiography, ''[[Fifty Years in the Church of Rome]]'', published in the nineteenth century, recounted his experiences as a Catholic priest and explained his conversion to Protestantism.<ref name="DCB">Yves Roby, "[https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/CHINIQUY_CHARLES_12E.html Chiniquy, Charles]," ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'', vol. 12, 1990.</ref> | | '''Charles Chiniquy''' (July 30, 1809 – January 16, 1899), formally baptized Charles-Paschal-Télesphore Chiniquy, was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest who later became a [[Presbyterian]] minister and author. Initially known for his campaign against alcohol consumption in French-speaking Canada, he became a prominent Protestant critic of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] after leaving it in 1858. His autobiography, ''[[Fifty Years in the Church of Rome]]'', published in the nineteenth century, recounted his experiences as a Catholic priest and explained his conversion to Protestantism.<ref name="DCB">Yves Roby, "[https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/CHINIQUY_CHARLES_12E.html Chiniquy, Charles]," ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'', vol. 12, 1990.</ref> |