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Who Is Pierre Jean (1801-1870), Jesuit Missionary Among American Indians?
Desmet, Pierre Jean (1801-1870), Jesuit missionary among the American Indians. He was born in Dendermore (Termonde), Belgium, on Jan. 1801. He went to the United States and joined the Society of Jesus in 1821. Ordinated a priest in 1827, he was among a group sent west to found the Missouri Province of the Jesuits, but poor health forced him to retire to Belgium for four years. Returning to the American West, Desmet founded a mission among the Potawatomi Indians at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1838. In 1840 he visited tribes in the Rocky Mountains and a year later founded St. Mary’s Mission near Missoula, Mont. IN 1842 he made the first of 16 journeys to Europe to seek funds and personnel for the missions. On his return in 1844 he founded a central
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