The founding of the Roman Catholic church in Oceania, 1825 to 1850 /
founding of the Roman Catholic church in Oceania, 1825-1850
Ralph M. Wiltgen ; foreword by William R. Burrows.
- Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, c2010.
- xxii, 610 p. : ill., maps, ports., facsim. ; 26 cm.
- Princeton theological monographs series ; 143 .
- Princeton theological monograph series ; 143. .
"Corrigenda": p. [2].
The Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands -- The Prefecture Apostolic of the South Sea Islands -- De Solages arrives in Bourbon -- The Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Oceania -- The Picpus missionaries reach the Gambier Islands -- The Vicariate Apostolic of Western Oceania -- The Marists accept responsibility for Western Oceania -- Pompallier is named Vicar Apostolic of Western Oceania -- Pompallier sets sail from Le Havre -- The Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Oceania is given authority over New Zealand and the Archipelagoes of Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji -- Pompallier leaves Valparaiso for Ponape in Micronesia -- Pompallier arrives in Sidney and meets Polding -- Pompallier makes New Zealand his headquarters -- The Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania -- Tension mounts between the Marists and Pompallier -- A French Carthusian in Rome proposes a Northern Oceania Vicariate -- The Vicariate Apostolic of Melanesia and Micronesia -- The Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands -- Tonga is returned to Pompallier -- Bishop Epalle is killed in the Solomon Islands. Australia's first three dioceses : Sydney, Hobart Town, Adelaide -- The Prefecture Apostolic to the Aborigines of Australia is given to the Passionists -- The diocese of Perth and the Vicariate Apostolic of Essington and King George Sound -- The dioceses of Melbourne, Port Victoria and Maitland -- Pompallier leaves New Zealand to defend himself in Rome -- Plans to establish the hierarchy in Western Oceania are blocked -- The Vicariate Apostolic of New Caledonia -- Pope Pius IX is asked to make New Caledonia a papal colony -- Collomb is ordained bishop in New Zealand for the The Vicariates of Melanesia and Micronesia -- New Caledonians put the Marists to flight -- Collomb dies on Rooke Island -- The Vicariates Apostolic of Marquesas Islands and Tahiti Islands -- New Zealand is divided into Auckland and Port Nicholson dioceses -- The Vicariate Apostolic of the Samoa or Navigators Archipelago -- The Marists ask to be discharged of Melanesia and Micronesia Vicariates.