Paul Ragueneau

Paul Ragueneau, SJ (French pronunciation: [pɔl ʁaɡno]; 18 March 1608 – 3 September 1680) was a Jesuit missionary in New France.

Upon arriving in Quebec, he was almost immediately sent to the Huron mission where he worked under the instruction of Fathers Jean de Brébeuf and Jérôme Lalemant for eight years.

During his time as superior, a number of his missionaries met their deaths, the first being Father Antoine Daniel (4 July, 1648).

He remained at his post on St. Mary's on the Wye until 1649, when persuaded by the Huron leaders to join the fugitives on St. Joseph's island (1649).

[2] After a bloody defeat, followed by the massacres of Fathers Noël Chabanel and Charles Garnier, Ragueneau, yielding to the entreaties of the few whom famine, pestilence, and the fury of the Iroquois had spared, led the small band of 400 survivors, the remnants of a nation of ten thousand, to their final refuge, Quebec, after a long and perilous journey.