Andrew Fournet was an 18th-century French Catholic priest who co-founded the Daughters of the Holy Cross. Born in 1752 in Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, he initially felt little interest in religious life, but eventually followed the example of his uncle to enter the priesthood in 1776. During the French Revolution, he performed his duties in secret and fled to Spain to avoid arrest after refusing to take a required oath. He later returned to France, where he worked with Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages to establish a new religious congregation.