Annet Genestier

Annet Genestier (16 April 18569 January 1937, ) was a French Catholic priest of the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris and a botanist.

Biography Genestier was born in Chambon-sur-Dolore. He was ordained a priest on 5 July 1885 in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont. On 7 October 1885, he departed for his mission. After another religious riot broke out in 1905 in Baihanluo and destroyed the church, Genestier went into exile until the Qing government granted him the fourth-rank of the official hat button in 1907. Using the compensation from the Qing government, he then rebuilt the Catholic Church in Baihanluo in 1908. According to Beolens et al., Genestier received Francis Kingdon-Ward in 1913.

By 1924, Genestier had built five churches and formed a congregation of 978 locals.