Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi
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Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi, SS.CC., was educated by French missionaries from birth and became the first indigenous Roman Catholic priest ordained in Eastern Polynesia. He was part of the native royal
Ruins of the Re'e Seminary College on Aukena, one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in French Polynesia
Bernardo Putairi
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Bernardo Putairi was the Prince Regent of the island of Mangareva, and other Gambier Islands including Akamaru, Aukena, Taravai and Temoe from 1873 to 1881. He served as regent and de facto monarch du
Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi
…became the first indigenous Roman Catholic priest ordained in Eastern Polynesia. He was part of the native royal family of Mangareva, and his father Bernardo Putairi was the island's last ruling regent. Tiripone was born to the royal togoʻiti class of chiefs of the island of Mangareva in the Gambier Islands. His…
Bernardo Putairi