Pierre Biard (missionary)

Pierre Biard
ChurchCatholic Church
Other postsMissionary to Acadia (Port-Royal, Saint-Sauveur)
Orders
Ordination1599
Personal details
Born1567
Grenoble, France
Died17 November 1622(1622-11-17) (aged 54–55)

Pierre Biard (1567 – 17 November 1622) was a Jesuit missionary who was given orders by Father Pierre Coton, Jesuit provincial in Paris, to take charge of a mission at Port-Royal in Acadia, (present-day Nova Scotia, Canada) along with Father Énemond Massé.

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