Catholic Mission (Fiji) - Correspondence relating to Father Emmanuel Rougier, 1906-1907

PMB 441

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

440850

Microfilm : PMB 441

microfilm reel 35 mm

Father Rougier (1864-1932) was born in France; he was ordained in the Society of Mary in 1888, and he went to Fiji soon afterwards as a Roman Catholic missionary. He acquired a large sum of money in what was known as the Cecile Affair in 1907, and soon afterwards left Fiji and acquired plantation interests at Fanning, Washington and Christmas Islands. He resided in Tahiti and became a prominent figure there in the business and cultural worlds, being known as Abbe Rougier. (For a brief biography, see Patrick O'Reilly and Raoul Tessier, Tahitiens, Paris, 1962, p. 410-11)

Correspondence relating to Father Rougier's involvement in the Cecile Affair and the disciplinary action taken against him

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 441
With: PMB 439-440 and PMB 442
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Office, Suva, Fiji