Who is The Very Reverend Father Joseph Daniel Peregrine from The Illustrated Man and what is their importance?

The Very Reverend Father Joseph Daniel Peregrine is a character in the story, The Fire Balloons. He is described as a creative priest and an intellectual. He has a vivid imagination, which enables him to communicate and thrive in an alien world. Peregrine is a man of great faith and inner strength, and he is unafraid of the aliens, believing it is his task to bring them to salvation.