Nicolas-Ignace de Beaubois (October 15, 1689 – January 13, 1770) was a French Jesuit priest and missionary who joined the Canadian mission in Quebec in 1719.
He returned to France in 1735, where he was an agent and fund-raiser for American missions, a minister, and an organizer of Jesuit spiritual retreats.
[1] Through his negotiations during a trip to France as well as with the Compagnie des Indes, he arranged for the establishment of the first girls' school in the Mississippi Valley, located in New Orleans and run by Ursuline nuns; funds for the Mississippi Valley missions' and a Jesuit house and a plantation near New Orleans.
He created friction with the Capachins, including its pastor Raphaël de Luxembourg, who had established themselves in New Orleans before the Jesuits.
[1] In 1735, Beaubois sailed back to France and lived in Bourges at the Jesuit college, where he was a fundraiser and agent for the American missions.