Denis Jamet (d. February 26, 1625, Montargis, France) was a French Recollect priest and the first superior of the Canadian mission (1615). Father Jamet, head of the religious province of Saint-Denis in France, in 1615 was chosen by his superiors as provincial commissary and chief of the first band of Recollect friars, who were also the first missionaries of Canada. He sailed from Honfleur on the "St. Étienne" on April 24, 1615 with three other Recollects, … Wikipedia
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