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 Early History
Midwest Roots
Early Indian
Ministry
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 The first Jesuit to walk into the territory of what became the Wisconsin Province was Father Claude Allouez. He founded a mission on the shores of Lake Superior near present day Ashland, Wisconsin in 1660. French Jesuits soon had other mission sites at Green Bay, what would become Chicago, as well as many sites on the Great Lakes.
In 1701, French Jesuits extended their work further south to the area in Illinois across the Mississippi from present day St. Louis, as well as in the lower Mississippi Valley in New Orleans and Mobile. With the suppression of the Society in French territory in 1763, all of the Jesuits left but one, who was careful to stay on the English side of the river.
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