Messe Celebree par Mgr L’Eveque de Nilopolis…

Superb lithograph of the inhabitants of Mangareva the central and largest island of the Gambier Islands, in French Polynesia attending a mass held by Bishop Étienne Rouchouze of Nilopolis.

Étienne Rouchouze  was a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and was appointed by the Holy See Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop of Nilopolis from 1833 to 1843 of the Vicariate Apostolic of Oriental Oceania, from which were derived the Archdiocese of Papeete, the Diocese of Honolulu and the Diocese of Taiohae or Tefenuaenata in the Marquesas Islands. As a missionary bishop, Msgr. Rouchouze resided in Valparaíso, Chile and in Honolulu; he was responsible for the evangelisation efforts of the Picpus Fathers in the Hawaiian Islands and eastern Pacific.

From D’Urville, D. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l’Océanie sur les corvettes l’Astrolabe et la Zélée, exécute par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840...Paris

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Collections:
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: ark:/12148/bpt6k976783
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1616679
Te Papa Museum of New Zealand: RB001474
State Library New South Wales: MMS ID 991011821529702626
State Library Victoria: RARELT ; 508.3 D89
State Library South Australia: 508.3 d++
Yale University Library & Art Gallery: Call Number 1998 Folio 16c