Urbain de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze, SS.CC., (born ''Alphonse de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze''; 7 October 1794 – 2 August 1868) was a French nobleman and later

lay brother Lay brother is a largely extinct term referring to religious brothers, particularly in the Catholic Church, who focused upon manual service and secular matters, and were distinguished from choir monks or friars in that they did not pray in choir, ...

of the

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, a

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of the

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. He was part of the Roman Catholic mission in the

Gambier Islands The Gambier Islands ( or ) are an archipelago in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago. They cover an area of , and are made up of the Mangareva Islands, a group of high islands remnants of a caldera alo ...

from 1835 until his death in 1863. He founded and headed the Re'e Seminary College on

Aukena Aukena is the 5th largest of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. Aukena is located about halfway between Mangareva and Akamaru, or about 5 km southeast of Mangareva. Aukena is approximately 2.5 km long and about 0.5 km wide, ...

, one of the earliest institution of higher learning in the South Pacific, where native

Mangareva Mangareva is the central and largest island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is surrounded by smaller islands: Taravai in the southwest, Aukena and Akamaru in the southeast, and islands in the north. Mangareva has a permanent pop ...

n boys were taught Latin and French as future clergymen. The young King

Joseph Gregorio II Joseph Gregorio II (french: Joseph Grégoire II; born 26 April 1847 – 21 November 1868) was the last King or '' ʻAkariki'' (paramount chief) of the island of Mangareva, and other Gambier Islands including Akamaru, Aukena, Taravai and Temoe ...

was also educated at the College.

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* * * * * 1794 births 1868 deaths French Roman Catholic missionaries French Polynesian Roman Catholics Roman Catholic missionaries in French Polynesia People from the Gambier Islands Picpus Fathers People from Lozère French nobility {{RC-bio-stub