Augustin Blanchet
Augustin Blanchet
(1797 -1887 ) Brother of Fancois Norbert Blanchet , first Bishop of Walla Walla, Washington (present see, Seattle), born Saint Pierre; died Fort Vancouver, Washington. He was ordained, 1821 , consecrated at Montreal, 1846 , and reached Walla Walla, 1847 , by wagon overland through the United States. When the Diocese of Walla Walla was suppressed and the Diocese of Nesqually erected, 1850 , he officiated at first in a log cathedral at Fort Vancouver. He resigned, 1879 .