Jean-Nicolas Laverlochère

Jean-Nicolas Laverlochère (December 6, 1812 in St. Georges d'Espérance, Grenoble, France – October 4, 1884 in Témiscaming, Quebec) was a French missionary in Canada.

Laverlochère began his religious life as a lay brother in the Congregation of the Oblates, but feeling called to evangelize the natives of Canada, he was allowed to study for the priesthood, and was ordained on May 5, 1844 at L'Acadie, near Montreal.

He was a missionary in the Saguenay district from 1844 to 1847, at Abitibi, Moose Factory, and other posts on Hudson Bay from 1847 to 1863.

[1] Alone or in collaboration with others, Laverlochère published a number of devotional books in Maskekon and Cree.

Due to his work to convert the native tribes to Catholicism, Laverlochère is sometimes called the "Apostle of Hudson Bay.