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François Joseph le Mercier, (4th October 1604, 12 June 1690) Was a prominent French Jesuit in the early missions to New France and the Huron people. Rector of the Jesuit college in Quebec and superior of the whole Canada mission from 1653-56 and again 1665-70 during which period he authored The Jesuit Relations as well as two published concerning his Huron mission's in the years 1637 and 1638.〔Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) ("Volume 9, Article François Le Mercier" ), ''Catholic Encyclopedia''〕 ==Early Life== Joined the Society of Jesus at Paris on 19th of October 1620 and completed fifteen years of study and teaching before being sent on a mission to Canada. ==Mission To Canada== Le Mercier was sent as a Missionary to the French claimed territory of New France in North America, he arrived in Quebec on 20th July 1635 from which he travelled to the mission in Ihonatiria, a small town in Huron territory, at which he arrived on August 13th.〔Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) ("Volume 9, Article François Le Mercier" ), ''Catholic Encyclopedia''〕 The settlement at Ihonatiria was ravaged by Smallpox which greatly reduced the population of the village so the Jesuit mission was abandoned in 1637 and relocated to the Huron capital Ossossané (now in Simcoe County, Ontario). In 1939 a new mission which they called Sainte-Marie among the Hurons was built on the north-east corner of Wye Lake along a stretch of river known to the Jesuits as Iroquois River (now Wye River). 〔Friends of Awenda Park ("A Friends of Awenda Online Publication, History of the Park, The French Period" ), ''Awenda Provincial Park''〕 Le Mercier stayed here, except for a brief period of 1640 to 1642 where he returned to Ossossané, until the Jesuits were forced to burn down and abandon this building in 1949 due to increasing Iroquois attacks. Le Mercier and the Jesuits then set up a mission on St. Joseph's Island, now Christian Island (Ontario) which only lasted a year before they were forced to return to Quebec. 〔Sainte Marie Among the Hurons ("Online Publication, The Sainte-Marie Story" ), ''Sainte-Marie among the Hurons''〕 Rector of the college and superior of the whole Canada mission 1653 - 1656, 1665-70 1659 to 1660, in charge of Quebec parish with Father Claude Dablon 21 October 1660 formally named assistant parish priest by Mgr de Petrée, the first Bishop of Quebec 12 July, 1671 became bursar and vice-president (et primarius in convictu) of the Jesuit college at Quebec 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「François Le Mercier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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