Gilbert Soulié Explained

Gilbert Soulié
Birth Date:	1800
Birth Place:	Veyrac, Lot, France
Death Date:	13 June 1863
Death Place:	Rikitea, Mangareva
Occupation:	Missionary

Gilbert Soulié, SS.CC., (born Antoine Soulié; 1800 – 13 June 1863) was a French Catholic Catechist brother of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church. He was part of the Roman Catholic mission in the Gambier Islands from 1835 until his death in 1863 and with Brother Fabien Costes trained the natives workers and masons in the construction of many of the island's impressive buildings including St. Michael's Cathedral in Rikitea.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Bibliography

• Book: Delbos. Jean-Paul. Soulié. Gilbert. Mon clocher de Mangaréva: Gilbert Soulié, SS.CC., frère bâtisseur en Océanie, 1800-1835-1863. 1989. J.-P. Delbos. Papeete.
• Book: Delbos. Jean-Paul. Soulié. Gilbert. La mission du bout du monde: la fantastique aventure des bâtisseurs de cathédrales dans l'archipel des Gambier. 2002. Editions de Tahiti. Moorea. 978-2-907776-20-2.
• Book: Garrett, John. To Live Among the Stars: Christian Origins in Oceania. 1982. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific. Suva, Fiji. 978-2-8254-0692-2.
• Book: Laval. Honoré. Honoré Laval. Newbury. C. W.. O'Reilly. Patrick. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Mangareva: ère chrétienne, 1834-1871. 1968. Musée de l'Homme. Paris.
• Book: Kirk, Robert W.. Paradise Past: The Transformation of the South Pacific, 1520-1920. 2012. McFarland. Jefferson, NC. 978-0-7864-6978-9.
• Book: Wiltgen, Ralph M.. The Founding of the Roman Catholic Church in Oceania, 1825 to 1850. 2010. Wipf and Stock Publishers. Eugene, OR. 978-1-60899-536-3.
• Book: Yzendoorn, Reginald. History of the Catholic Mission in the Hawaiian Islands. 1927. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tahiti 1834-1984 - Chap. VIII. DEUXIÈME PARTIE L'APPEL DES ÎLES LOINTAINES. Paroisse de la Cathédrale de Papeete. 27 July 2015.
2. Web site: Tahiti 1834-1984 - Chap. IX. DEUXIÈME PARTIE L'APPEL DES ÎLES LOINTAINES. Paroisse de la Cathédrale de Papeete. 27 July 2015.
3. Web site: Bio-bibliographie C. Paroisse de la Cathédrale de Papeete. 27 July 2015.