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Fr Clair Marie Léopold Verguet

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	==Fr ~~Clair~~ Marie Léopold Verguet==		==Fr Claire Marie Léopold Verguet==

	Fr Léopold Verguet (1817-1914) was a priest of the diocese of Carcassonne, France, who was briefly a member of the Society of Mary and a missionary who was part of the first mission group to the Solomons. Verguet had a short and traumatic career as a missionary but documented it with letters, sketches and watercolours.		Fr Léopold Verguet (1817-1914) was a priest of the diocese of Carcassonne, France, who was briefly a member of the Society of Mary and a missionary who was part of the first mission group to the Solomons. Verguet had a short and traumatic career as a missionary but documented it with letters, sketches and watercolours.

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	:*18470509 Verguet and Collomb on board the ''Spec'' (Speculator?) left Sydney for New Zealand		:*18470509 Verguet and Collomb on board the ''Spec'' (Speculator?) left Sydney for New Zealand
	:*18470523 Episcopal ordination of Collomb in Kororāreka		:*18470523 Episcopal ordination of Collomb in Kororāreka
	:*18470602 Bp Collomb and Verguet depart Bay of Islands for New Caledonia on the Spec		:*18470602 Bp Collomb and Verguet depart Bay of Islands for New Caledonia on the ''Spec''
	:*18470629 ''Spec'' arrives at the main mission of Baïao on New Caledonia		:*18470629 ''Spec'' arrives at the main mission of Baïao on New Caledonia
	:*18470715 Verguet goes by land to Pouebo (secondary mission station) New Caledonia		:*18470715 Verguet goes by land to Pouebo (secondary mission station) New Caledonia

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	:*18451123 Left New Caledonia arrived San Cristobal (Makira) 2 Dec 1845		:*18451123 Left New Caledonia arrived San Cristobal (Makira) 2 Dec 1845
	:*18451213 started exploring Santa Isabel (Thousand Ships Bay)		:*18451213 started exploring Santa Isabel (Thousand Ships Bay)
	:*18451216 the party is attacked and Bishop Epalle fatally wounded		:*18451216 the party is attacked and [[Jean-Baptiste Épalle\|Bishop Epalle]] fatally wounded
	:*18451219 Bishop Epalle died and was buried the next day.		:*18451219 [[Jean-Baptiste Épalle\|Bishop Epalle]] died and was buried the next day.
	:*18460103 Verguet and others start the mission on San Cristobal (Makira)		:*18460103 Verguet and others start the mission on San Cristobal (Makira)
	:*18470219 Verguet departs San Cristobal		:*18470219 Verguet departs San Cristobal

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==Fr Clair Marie Léopold Verguet==

Fr Léopold Verguet (1817-1914) was a priest of the diocese of Carcassonne, France, who was briefly a member of the Society of Mary and a missionary who was part of the first mission group to the Solomons. Verguet had a short and traumatic career as a missionary but documented it with letters, sketches and watercolours.

:*18450202 Departed London, went via Cape Town to Sydney arrived 22 June 1845
:*18451023 Left Sydney, made landfall in New Caledonia 17 November 1845
:*18451123 Left New Caledonia arrived San Cristobal (Makira) 2 Dec 1845
:*18451213 started exploring Santa Isabel (Thousand Ships Bay)
:*18451216 the party is attacked and Bishop Epalle fatally wounded
:*18451219 Bishop Epalle died and was buried the next day.
:*18460103 Verguet and others start the mission on San Cristobal (Makira)
:*18470219 Verguet departs San Cristobal
:*18470306 Arrives Sydney and spends time recuperating
:*18470509 Verguet and Collomb on board the Spec (Speculator?) left Sydney for New Zealand
:*18470523 Episcopal ordination of Collomb in Kororāreka
:*18470602 Bp Collomb and Verguet depart Bay of Islands for New Caledonia on the Spec
:*18470629 Spec arrives at the main mission of Baïao on New Caledonia
:*18470715 Verguet goes by land to Pouebo (secondary mission station) New Caledonia
:*18470717 Spec leaves for Indonesia
:*18470718 Mission station at Baïao, Balade is attacked (Br Blaise injured)
:*18470719 Station attacked again, occupants flee to Pouebo but Blaise is killed.
:*18470812 The French naval vessel the Brillante arrives at Pouebo
:*Brillante takes Verguet and the missionaries to Anatom (Vanuatu) [arriving 15 August 1847] and then to Sydney [arriving 27 August 1847]
:*18471003 Verguet left Sydney on the barque Tory destined for London. (It stopped over at St Helena on 6 Jan 1848)
:*18480306 Verguet arrives in London and later in the month travels to Lyon and stays with the Marists there before leaving the Society and re-joining the diocese of Carcassonne.
:*18480319 Verguet arrived in Lyon Poupinel doc 72

:1848 by September Verguet is assistant priest at Lodève Poupinel doc 91

:1883 Verguet published a small book entitled ''Gran Archipel des Iles Salomon son Étendue, sa Fertilité''.
:1885 Verguet published a forty-page article for the ''Revue d’Ethnographe'' entitled “Arossi ou San-Christoval et ses habitants”

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	:*18470219 Verguet departs San Cristobal		:*18470219 Verguet departs San Cristobal
	:*18470306 Arrives Sydney and spends time recuperating		:*18470306 Arrives Sydney and spends time recuperating
	:*18470509 Verguet and Collomb on board the Spec (Speculator?) left Sydney for New Zealand		:*18470509 Verguet and Collomb on board the ''Spec'' (Speculator?) left Sydney for New Zealand
	:*18470523 Episcopal ordination of Collomb in Kororāreka		:*18470523 Episcopal ordination of Collomb in Kororāreka
	:*18470602 Bp Collomb and Verguet depart Bay of Islands for New Caledonia on the Spec		:*18470602 Bp Collomb and Verguet depart Bay of Islands for New Caledonia on the Spec
	:*18470629 Spec arrives at the main mission of Baïao on New Caledonia		:*18470629 ''Spec'' arrives at the main mission of Baïao on New Caledonia
	:*18470715 Verguet goes by land to Pouebo (secondary mission station) New Caledonia		:*18470715 Verguet goes by land to Pouebo (secondary mission station) New Caledonia
	:*18470717 Spec leaves for Indonesia		:*18470717 ''Spec'' leaves for Indonesia
	:*18470718 Mission station at Baïao, Balade is attacked (Br Blaise injured)		:*18470718 Mission station at Baïao, Balade is attacked (Br Blaise injured)
	:*18470719 Station attacked again, occupants flee to Pouebo but Blaise is killed.		:*18470719 Station attacked again, occupants flee to Pouebo but Blaise is killed.
	:*18470812 The French naval vessel the Brillante arrives at Pouebo		:*18470812 The French naval vessel the ''Brillante'' arrives at Pouebo
	:*Brillante takes Verguet and the missionaries to Anatom (Vanuatu) [arriving 15 August 1847] and then to Sydney [arriving 27 August 1847]		:*''Brillante'' takes Verguet and the missionaries to Anatom (Vanuatu) [arriving 15 August 1847] and then to Sydney [arriving 27 August 1847]
	:*18471003 Verguet left Sydney on the barque Tory destined for London. (It stopped over at St Helena on 6 Jan 1848)		:*18471003 Verguet left Sydney on the barque ''Tory'' destined for London. (It stopped over at St Helena on 6 Jan 1848)
	:*18480306 Verguet arrives in London and later in the month travels to Lyon and stays with the Marists there before leaving the Society and re-joining the diocese of Carcassonne.		:*18480306 Verguet arrives in London and later in the month travels to Lyon and stays with the Marists there before leaving the Society and re-joining the diocese of Carcassonne.
	:*18480319 Verguet arrived in Lyon Poupinel doc 72		:*18480319 Verguet arrived in Lyon Poupinel doc 72

	:1848 by September Verguet is assistant priest at Lodève Poupinel doc 91		:*1848 by September Verguet is assistant priest at Lodève Poupinel doc 91

	:1883 Verguet published a small book entitled ''Gran Archipel des Iles Salomon son Étendue, sa Fertilité''.		:*1883 Verguet published a small book entitled ''Gran Archipel des Iles Salomon son Étendue, sa Fertilité''.
	:1885 Verguet published a forty-page article for the ''Revue d’Ethnographe'' entitled “Arossi ou San-Christoval et ses habitants”		:*1885 Verguet published a forty-page article for the ''Revue d’Ethnographe'' entitled “Arossi ou San-Christoval et ses habitants”


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