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- Jean-Rémy Bessieux (24 December 1803 – 30 April 1876), also seen as Jean-Rémi or Jean René, was the founder of the Roman Catholic mission in Gabon and the first bishop to serve there. Born in Vélieux in Montpellier, France, Bessieux had been a parish priest and seminary teacher when he entered the in August 1842. (The group had been founded to evangelize the black races, and would merge with the Holy Ghost Fathers in 1848.) Travelling with Brother , Bessieux arrived in Gabon September 1844, and settled at Okolo, a village in the clan's area, not far from the French fort. Bessieux learned Mpongwe, and published a grammar of it in 1847. He also established a school for boys, a church, and arranged the 1849 arrival of the . Elevated to bishop in December 1848, his efforts in the 1850s to establish additional outposts in the Gabon Estuary were not successful. Even so, he continued in Gabon until his death in 1876, sometimes without official support, and with only occasional brief visits to Europe to recover his health. Gardinier observes that Bessieux's determination to stay in Gabon probably influenced the French government's decision to maintain their base. Bessieux was remembered on the 100th anniversary of his death by a postage stamp of Gabon. (en)
- Jean-Rémi Bessieux (Vélieux, 24 décembre 1803 - Libreville, 30 avril 1876) fonda l'Église catholique au Gabon et fut le premier évêque de Libreville. Curé de Minerve en 1830, il choisit de devenir missionnaire pour le compte de la Congrégation du Saint-Esprit et débarqua dans l'estuaire du Gabon en 1844 pour évangéliser les Mpongwès. Il étudia leur langue afin de faciliter leur christianisation, œuvre dans laquelle il rencontra un succès mitigé. En 1848, il est nommé Vicaire apostolique de la Sénégambie et des Deux Guinées. Le Père Bessieux reçut l'ordination épiscopale le 14 janvier 1849 sous le nom d'évêque de Gallipoli. Un boulevard de Libreville et un collège réputé de la capitale gabonaise portent son nom. (fr)
- Jean-Rémi Bessieux (Vélieux, 24 dicembre 1803 – Libreville, 30 aprile 1876) è stato un missionario e vescovo cattolico francese, evangelizzatore e primo vescovo del Gabon. (it)
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- Jean-Rémi Bessieux (Vélieux, 24 dicembre 1803 – Libreville, 30 aprile 1876) è stato un missionario e vescovo cattolico francese, evangelizzatore e primo vescovo del Gabon. (it)
- Jean-Rémy Bessieux (24 December 1803 – 30 April 1876), also seen as Jean-Rémi or Jean René, was the founder of the Roman Catholic mission in Gabon and the first bishop to serve there. Born in Vélieux in Montpellier, France, Bessieux had been a parish priest and seminary teacher when he entered the in August 1842. (The group had been founded to evangelize the black races, and would merge with the Holy Ghost Fathers in 1848.) Bessieux was remembered on the 100th anniversary of his death by a postage stamp of Gabon. (en)
- Jean-Rémi Bessieux (Vélieux, 24 décembre 1803 - Libreville, 30 avril 1876) fonda l'Église catholique au Gabon et fut le premier évêque de Libreville. Curé de Minerve en 1830, il choisit de devenir missionnaire pour le compte de la Congrégation du Saint-Esprit et débarqua dans l'estuaire du Gabon en 1844 pour évangéliser les Mpongwès. Il étudia leur langue afin de faciliter leur christianisation, œuvre dans laquelle il rencontra un succès mitigé. Un boulevard de Libreville et un collège réputé de la capitale gabonaise portent son nom. (fr)
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