(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.