# Anthony Rey

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{{Short description|French academic & chaplain (1807–1847)}}
'''Anthony Rey''', S.J. (born at [Lyon](/source/Lyon), France, 19 March 1807; died near Ceralvo, Mexico, 19 January 1847) was a French [Jesuit](/source/Jesuit) academic, and [U.S. Army chaplain](/source/Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)) during the [Mexican–American War](/source/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War). He was the first [Catholic chaplain](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_for_the_Military_Services) killed during service with the United States military.

==Life==
Anthony Rey was born in [Lyon](/source/Lyon), France on 19 March 1807. He studied at the Jesuit college of [Fribourg](/source/Fribourg), entered the novitiate, 12 November 1827, and subsequently taught at Fribourg. In 1840 he was sent to the United States, appointed professor of philosophy in [Georgetown College](/source/Georgetown_College_(Georgetown_University)), and in 1843 transferred to [St. Joseph's Church](/source/Old_St._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. He became assistant to the Jesuit provincial of [Maryland](/source/Maryland), pastor of Trinity Church, Georgetown, and vice-president of the college (1845).<ref name=Wynne>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BDwPAAAAIAAJ&dq=Father+Anthony+Rey&pg=PA551 Wynne, James. "Memoir of the Ev. Anthony Rey, SJ", ''The United States Catholic Magazine and Monthly Review'', Vol. 6, J. Murphy, 1847]</ref>

Appointed a chaplain in the [U.S. Army](/source/United_States_Army) in May 1846, he ministered to the wounded and dying at the siege of [Monterrey](/source/Monterrey);<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vJMuAAAAYAAJ&dq=Father+Anthony+Rey&pg=PA186 De Courcy, Henry. ''Catholic Church in the United States'', T.W. Strong, 1856]</ref> 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 U.S. officers, he set out for [Matamoros](/source/Matamoros%2C_Tamaulipas), preaching to a congregation of Americans and Mexicans at Ceralvo. It is conjectured that he was killed by a band under the leader [Antonio Canales Rosillo](/source/Antonio_Canales_Rosillo), as his body was discovered, pierced with [lance](/source/lance)s, a few days later.

==Works==
He left letters dating from November 1846, which were published as ''[Woodstock Letters](/source/Woodstock_Letters)'' (XVII, 149-50, 152-55, 157-59).

==See also==
*[Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_for_the_Military_Services%2C_USA)

==References==
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*{{Catholic|wstitle=Anthony Rey}} The entry cites:
**[Augustin de Backer](/source/Augustin_de_Backer) & [Carlos Sommervogel](/source/Carlos_Sommervogel), ''Bibliothèque'', VI, 1689;
**''Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography'' (New York, 1888), s. v.

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