Smet, Pierre Jean de

Smet, Pierre Jean de:

see De Smet, Pierre JeanDe Smet, Pierre Jean
, 1801–73, Jesuit missionary in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, b. Belgium. He emigrated to the United States in 1821, served his novitiate in Florissant, Mo., and was ordained in 1827.
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