Jean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc

Jean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc
Jean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc
Born	30 November 1818 Saint-Joachim, Quebec
Died	8 May 1889(1889-05-08) (aged 70) Quebec City
Religion	Catholic Church
Ordained	22 August 1841
Title	Prelate

Jean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc (30 November 1818 – 8 May 1889) was a Québécois Jesuit. His career started as a missionary in the Pacific Northwest, where he resided for eight years. Later he worked in the Catholic medical efforts in Québec.

Jean-Baptiste Bolduc was born in Saint-Joachim, Quebec and ordained as a priest on 22 August 1841.

Along with Antoine Langlois, another Catholic priest, Bolduc was sent to aid Catholic conversion efforts in the Pacific Northwest, with the two priests sailing from Boston on 14 September 1841. Their vessel visited the port of Valparaíso at the end of December, where they waited for 63 days for another ship to continue ferrying them. A tour of the Polynesian Triangle commenced, with the Gambier Islands visited first. The Kingdom of Tahiti was reached on 5 May 1842. The two priests had a meeting with Queen Pōmare IV to explain their status as British subjects rather than French.

Next their ship sailed for the Kingdom of Hawaii, the voyage ending on 21 June. The priests were greeted by fellow Catholic Louis Désiré Maigret, who informed them that they had to wait several days for the next ship to visit Honolulu, the Hudson's Bay Company barge Cowlitz. Bolduc occupied his time by teaching at a school for Native Hawaiian children. The Cowlitz entered Honolulu on 1 August and departed for the Columbia River on the 18th.