(February 23, 1680–March 7, 1768), was the French naval officer who founded New Orleans. Born in Canada, he helped to colonize French Louisiana and served as its Colonial Governor various times during the period 1701 and 1743.
In his Last Will and Testament, Jean Baptiste LeMoyne Sieur de Bienville:
In the name of the Father, etc. Persuaded, as I am, of the necessity of death, and the uncertainty of the hour, I wish, before it arrives, to put my affairs in order. First, I consign my soul to God … I implore the mercy of God and of Jesus Christ, my Saviour.399