François-Joseph Le Mercier

François Joseph le Mercier was a prominent French Jesuit in the early missions to New France and the Huron people. He was the rector of the Jesuit college in Quebec and superior of the whole Canada mission from 1653–56 and again 1665-70, during which period he authored The Jesuit Relations, as well as two published works concerning the Huron missions in the years 1637 and 1638.