François Pallu

Born in Tours, now in Indre-et-Loire, Pallu was recruited by Alexander de Rhodes, SJ, as a secular clergy volunteer to become a missionary in Asia, together with Pierre Lambert de la Motte and Ignace Cotolendi.

[1][2][3]: 229–230 In 1658, Pallu became Bishop of Heliopolis, and Vicar apostolic of Tonkin (which consisted of northern Vietnam, Laos and five provinces of southwest China).

[3]: 232  He joined Lambert in the capital of Siam Ayutthaya after 24 months overland, but Mgr Cotolendi died upon arrival in India on 6 August 1662.

From 1667 to 1673, Pallu was in France, where he published an account of the French missions in Southeast Asia.

[7] In 1674, Pallu was sailing to his archdiocese in Tonkin, but met with a storm and had to land in Manila.

Mgr François Pallu (1626-84).
Monseigneur François Pallu founded the Seminary of Saint Joseph in Ayutthaya , Siam , in 1666.
Relation abrégée des missions... , by Mgr Pallu, published in 1668 in Paris.
Pallu's 16 January 1675 letter to the Propaganda describing his captivity in Manila
Front page of État sommaire des missions de la Chine , written by Mgr Pallu.
The 1665 "Instructions to Missionaries", based on the instructions of Pope Clement IX , written by François Pallu and Pierre Lambert de la Motte .