Person An individual. Birth Date 1589 Birthplace Duchy of Anjou, France Death Date 1652 Place of Death Orléans Occupation Recollet priest; missionary in New France Languages Spoken or Written French Biographical Text He was a part of the Recollets of Balmette. Jean Dolbeau had the first mass celebrated in Quebec. He helped build a chapel named St.Charles with rooms for the other missionaries. He stayed in Quebec and ministered to the French. He would also try to convert Indigenous people. When he visited Quebec for the second time, he brought a jubilee- the first of Quebec. In 1620 he blessed the corner-stone of Canada’s first convent and seminary. Bibliography Frédéric Gingras, “DOLBEAU, JEAN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 4, 2021, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dolbeau_jean_1E.html. Associated Course Select the course for which this item is created, if applicable. Conflict and Change in Early Canadian History (Carleton HIST 1301) Student Cataloguer Enter your student name here if this item is part of a course activity. Carley Best Portrait Credit Cite the source of the attached portrait, including title, creator, date, source, and any other credits such as permission, a Creative Commons or other license. Jean Dolbeau - Détails du monument de Ste-Jeanne d'Arc-(Sillery) Québec, Daniel Abel, 2011, Flikr Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jean Dolbeau Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2 1615 to Summer of 1617; June 27 1618 to Fall of 1620 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Description An account of the resource In Quebec City, Jean Dolbeau supported and encouraged the French colonizers. He also fought to convert Indigenous people to his religion, even taking an Indigenous boy back home with him to France to “educate” him. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Frédéric Gingras, “DOLBEAU, JEAN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 4, 2021, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dolbeau_jean_1E.html. Type The nature or genre of the resource Organization