Pierre de Lauzon, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre de Lauzon

French missionary

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1742

Profession: missionary, Catholic priest

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Pierre de Lauzon (known as Gannenrontié among the Iroquois) (bapt.
September 13, 1687, Leignes-sur-Fontaine, Vienne, France—September 5, 1742, Quebec) was a noted eighteenth-century Jesuit missionary in New France.
Although sometimes mentioned as Jean, in his official acts he invariably signed Pierre.
From 1732 to 1739 he was superior of all the Jesuit missions in Canada.