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Title
Archives [microform] / Catholic Diocese of Tarawa.
Published
Canberra, ACT : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [2007-2008]
Physical Description
19 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. + 1 guide + 1 reel list
Notes
"December 2007"--Reel 1
"July 2008"--Reel 19
Bishop; Tarawa; Kiribati
Access and use
RESTRICTED ACCESS: For written permission to access to the microfilms, apply to the Bishop or the Vicar-General, PO Box 79, Bairiki, Tarawa, Email cathchurch@tskl.net.ki
Biographical / Historical Note
Gilbertese catechists trained in Tahiti and established Catholicism on Nonouti in the early 1880s. In 1886 the Gilbert Islands were allocated to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) Vicariate of Melanesia and Micronesia, which also included Papua and New Britain. The first missionaries (Fr. Bontemps, Fr. Joseph Leray and Br. Conrad Weber) arrived in Nonouti in 1888, and succeeded in establishing the Catholic mission in a number of the Gilbert Islands in some cases against Protestant opposition. In 1897 a Vicariate Apostolic of the Gilbert Islands was established, comprised of the Gilberts, the Ellice Islands, Nauru and Ocean Island. In 1903 the Catholic headquarters moved from Nonouti to Butaritari.
Variant and related titles
Title on container: Archives, 1886-1986
Title on reel list: Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru : archives, 1886-1986
Other formats
Guide and reel list available also on the World Wide Web.
Format
Books / Microforms
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 11, 2010
Series
PMB ; 1289
Indexes/Finding aids
For guide and reel list see: Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau. Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to the Pacific Islands.
Subjects
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Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau.
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