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Florentin-Étienne Jaussen, SS.CC., (2 April 1815 – 9 September 1891) was the first bishop of Tahiti and the man who brought the rongorongo script of Easter Island to the world's attention. In the 1860s Bishop Jaussen was responsible for ending the slave raids on Easter Island.
Jaussen was born in Rocles, France. He was Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti and titular bishop of Axieri from 9 May 1848 until 12 February 1884, when he resigned. During this time he went by the name ''Tepano,'' the Tahitian pronunciation of Etienne in its original Greek form ''Stephanos''.
He ordained the first native priest of Eastern Polynesia Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi, on 24 December 1874.
He died on 9 September 1891 at the episcopal palace in Tahiti.
www.chauvet-translation.com here
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Florentin-Étienne Jaussen, SS.CC., (2 April 1815 – 9 September 1891) was the first bishop of Tahiti and the man who brought the rongorongo script of Easter Island to the world's attention. In the 1860s Bishop Jaussen was responsible for ending the slave raids on Easter Island.
Jaussen was born in Rocles, France. He was Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti and titular bishop of Axieri from 9 May 1848 until 12 February 1884, when he resigned. During this time he went by the name ''Tepano,'' the Tahitian pronunciation of Etienne in its original Greek form ''Stephanos''.
He ordained the first native priest of Eastern Polynesia Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi, on 24 December 1874.
He died on 9 September 1891 at the episcopal palace in Tahiti.
See also
* Decipherment of rongorongo#JaussenReferences
*CHAUVET, Stéphen-Charles. 1935. ''L'île de Pâques et ses mystères'' ("Easter Island and its Mysteries"). Paris: Éditions Tel. (An online English version translated by Ann Altman and edited by Shawn McLaughlin is availablwww.chauvet-translation.com here
) People from Ardèche French Roman Catholic missionaries French Polynesian Roman Catholic bishops Roman Catholic missionaries in French Polynesia Picpus Fathers Rongorongo 1815 births 1891 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Papeete {{FrenchPolynesia-bio-stub