Octave-Marie Terrienne

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(9 September 1902 – 4 March 1994) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the apostolic vicariate of the

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from 1937 until 1961, when

Pierre Guichet Pierre Auguste Antoine Marie Guichet, MSC, MBE (born 21 January 1915, died 6 October 1989) was the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Tarawa from 1961 to 1978, when Paul Mea succeeded him. He was titular bishop of Stectorium from 1961 to 1966 as ...

succeeded him. He was bishop of Menelaites (a titular see) from 1938 to 1961 as Vicar Apostolic of the

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. After building there the biggest church of the colony in 1936, Bishop Terrienne established the vicariate see in

Tanaeang Tanaeang is a settlement in Kiribati. It is located on Tabiteuea atoll; to its west is Nuribenua, while Eita and Terikiai lie to the east. Bishop Octave Terrienne Octave-Marie Terrienne MSC (9 September 1902 – 4 March 1994) was the Roman Cath ...

, on North

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, instead of Ocean Island, headquarters of the British Colony, or Tarawa, the former capital, where it was transferred at the end of 1950s. He was ordained Priest on 27 January 1929 and consecrated Bishop on 25 June 1938 at Nantes Cathedral. He was then the youngest Roman Catholic bishop at only 36.

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The British Museum: Bishop Octave-Marie Terrienne

1902 births French Roman Catholic bishops in Oceania 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in British Overseas Territories French expatriates in Kiribati 1994 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Tarawa and Nauru Missionaries of the Sacred Heart {{Oceania-RC-bishop-stub