François-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière (1716 – in or after 1785) was the son of Eustache Chartier de Lotbinière

Eustache Chartier de Lotbinière

Eustache Chartier de Lotbinière , Seigneur de Lotbinière, Councillor of the Sovereign Council of New France and Keeper of the Seals of New France; Vicar-General, Archdeacon and the first Canadian Dean of Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral.-Birth:...

 and was a Recollet priest in Canada.

Chartier de Lotbinière's career as a priest was marked by "drunkenness and dissoluteness". He was placed under a suspension from all church activities by Bishop Pontbriand

Henri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand

Henri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand , who became the sixth bishop of Roman Catholic diocese of Quebec, was from a titled family and grew up at the Pontbriand château, , France. He received his classical education at La Flèche from the Jesuits and studied theology with the Sulpicians in Paris...

 around 1756.

François-Louis was important to history in that he joined the rebel cause during the time of the siege of Quebec

Battle of Quebec (1775)

The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775 between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of the city of Quebec, early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came at a high price...

. There were French-speaking Canadiens active on both sides of the conflict and he became chaplain to the Canadians fighting on the American side. This position was formalized by Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces...

in 1776 and he accompanied his troops back to American soil when they withdrew from the siege.