Florentin-Étienne Jaussen

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Florentin-Étienne Jaussen, SS.CC., (2 April 1815 – 9 September 1891) was the first bishop of Tahiti and the man who brought the rongorongo script of Easter Island to the world's attention. In the 1860s Bishop Jaussen was responsible for ending the slave raids on Easter Island.

Jaussen was born in Rocles, France. He was Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti and titular bishop of Axieri from 9 May 1848 until 12 February 1884, when he resigned. During this time he went by the name Tepano, the Tahitian pronunciation of Etienne in its original Greek form Stephanos.

See also

• Decipherment of rongorongo#Jaussen

References

• CHAUVET, Stéphen-Charles. 1935. L'île de Pâques et ses mystères ("Easter Island and its Mysteries"). Paris: Éditions Tel. (An online English version translated by Ann Altman and edited by Shawn McLaughlin is available www.chauvet-translation.com here.)

External links

• Catholic hierarchy

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Vicar Apostolic of Oriental Oceania Étienne Jérôme Rouchouze	Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti 1848–1884	Succeeded by Marie-Joseph Verdier