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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  
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:*18451216 the party is attacked and [[Jean-Baptiste Épalle|Bishop Epalle]] fatally wounded  
:*18451219 Bishop Epalle died and was buried the next day.  
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:*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   
 
:*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  
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:*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  
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:*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  
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:*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  
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:*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  
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:*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]  
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:*''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)  
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:*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
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:*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''.  
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:*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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:*1885 Verguet published a forty-page article for the ''Revue d’Ethnographe'' entitled “Arossi ou San-Christoval et ses habitants”
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Latest revision as of 15:35, 12 February 2022

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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