What is Jean Baptiste Pompallier's middle name?
Baptiste
Jean Baptiste Pompallier date of birth:
December 11, 1802
How old was Jean Baptiste Pompallier when died?
69
Where was Jean Baptiste Pompallier born?
Lyon, France
When did Jean Baptiste Pompallier die?
December 21, 1871
Where did Jean Baptiste Pompallier die?
Puteaux, France
Jean Baptiste Pompallier body shape:
Average
What color are Jean Baptiste Pompallier's eyes?
Blue
What color is Jean Baptiste Pompallier's hair?
Black
Is Jean Baptiste Pompallier gay or straight?
Straight
What religion is Jean Baptiste Pompallier?
Roman Catholic
What is Jean Baptiste Pompallier's ethnicity?
White
What is Jean Baptiste Pompallier nationality?
French
What is Jean Baptiste Pompallier's occupation?
Religion person
Short Biography
Jean-Baptiste François Pompallier (11 December 1802 – 21 December 1871) was the first Roman Catholic bishop in New Zealand and, with priests and brothers of the Marist order, he organised the Roman Catholic Church throughout the country. He was born in Lyon, France. He arrived in New Zealand in 1838 as Vicar Apostolic of Western Oceania, but made New Zealand the centre of his operations. In 1848 he became the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland. He returned to France in 1868 and died in Puteaux, near Paris, on 21 December 1871, aged 69. His exhumed remains were returned to New Zealand in 2001 and they were re-interred under the altar at St Mary's, Motuti, in 2002. Educational institutions named in his honour include Pompallier Catholic College, Whangarei (1969). There are Pompallier houses at Sacred Heart College, Auckland (1903), St. Bernard's College, Lower Hutt (1947), Carmel College, Auckland (1957), St John's College, Hamilton (1961), St Peter's College, Gore (1969), Liston College, Auckland (1974) and other New Zealand secondary and primary schools. Sancta Maria College, Auckland (2004) commemorates Pompallier and his work through the name of his schooner, the Sancta Maria.