Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete, French Polynesia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Papeete / Papeeten(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Taiohae

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1833.06.08: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Oceania (English) (from Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands)
1848.05.09: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti Islands (English) / Isole Tahiti (Italiano) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Marquesas Islands)
1889.02.08: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago
1922.11.27: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Cook and Manihiki
1966.06.21: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete / Papeeten(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Taiohae)
1974.02.22: Gained territory of Pitcairn Islands

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2016.12.15 – ...):

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Cottanceau, SS.CC. (70)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Papeete (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Cottanceau, SS.CC. (70)
(2016.12.15 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific

Annuntiate verbum Domini insulis

Born:	1953.01.14 (Ussel, France)
Ordained Priest:	1980.05.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.02.18

Apostolic Administrator of Papeete (French Polynesia) (2015.08.28 – 2016.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia) (2016.12.15 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (2017? – ...)

Fr. Jean-Pierre Cottanceau, SS.CC. (70) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.08.28 – 2016.12.15)

Bishop Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC. (57)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.03.13 – 2015.08.28)

Fr. Bruno Mai
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.03.31 – 2013.03.13)

Archbishop Hubert Coppenrath
(1999.06.04 – 2011.03.31)

Donne moi votre pitié

Born:	1930.10.18 (Papeete, French Polynesia)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.02.21
Died:	2022.07.31 (Papeete, French Polynesia † 91)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia) (1997.11.21 – 1999.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia) (1999.06.04 – 2011.03.31)

Archbishop Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath
(1973.03.05 – 1999.06.04)

Born:	1924.06.04 (French Polynesia)
Ordained Priest:	1954.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.06.03
Died:	2008.08.16 († 84)

Titular Archbishop of Tigisi in Numidia (1968.02.16 – 1973.03.05)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia) (1968.02.16 – 1973.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia) (1973.03.05 – 1999.06.04)

Archbishop Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC.
(1966.06.21 – 1973.03.05)

Born:	1885.04.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1910.09.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.04.30
Died:	1976.12.21 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Ascalon (1938.11.08 – 1966.06.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia) (1938.11.08 – 1966.06.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia) (1966.06.21 – 1973.03.05)

Vicars Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. (later Archbishop)
(1938.11.08 – 1966.06.21)

(see above)

Bishop Julien-Marie Nouailles, SS.CC.
(1932.04.26 – 1937.08.14)

Born:	1876.06.25 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.08.28
Died:	1937.08.14 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Fornos major (1932.04.26 – 1937.08.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia) (1932.04.26 – 1937.08.14)

Bishop André-Etienne-Athanase Hermel, SS.CC.
(1908.02.26 – 1932.02.20)

Born:	1873.04.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1897.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.08.27
Died:	1932.02.20 († 58)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia) (1905.05.15 – 1908.02.26)

Titular Bishop of Casius (1905.05.15 – 1932.02.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia) (1908.02.26 – 1932.02.20)

Bishop Marie-Joseph Verdier, SS.CC.
(1884.02.11 – 1908.02.26)

Born:	1835.03.23 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.05.13
Died:	1922.01.17 († 86)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia) (1883.01.09 – 1884.02.11)

Titular Bishop of Megara (1883.01.09 – 1922.01.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia) (1884.02.11 – 1908.02.26)

Bishop Florentin-Etienne Jaussen
(1848.05.09 – 1884.02.12)

Born:	1815.04.12 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1840
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.08.27
Died:	1891.09.09 († 76)

Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia) (1848.05.09 – 1884.02.12)

Titular Bishop of Axieri (1848.05.09 – 1891.09.09)

Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Oceania (Roman Rite)

Bishop Étienne Jérôme Rouchouze, SS.CC.
(1833.06.14 – 1843.03.13)

Per aspera ad astra

Born:	1798 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1833.12.22
Died:	1843.03.13 († 44)

Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1833.06.14 – 1843.03.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Oceania (French Polynesia) (1833.06.14 – 1843.03.13)

Prefect Apostolic of Sandwich Islands (USA) (1833.06.14 – 1843.03.13)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Hubert Coppenrath (1997.11.21 – 1999.06.04)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath (1968.02.16 – 1973.03.05)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop André-Etienne-Athanase Hermel, SS.CC. (1905.05.15 – 1908.02.26)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Marie-Joseph Verdier, SS.CC. (1883.01.09 – 1884.02.11)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Antoine-Magloire Doumer, SS.CC. (1848.05.09 – 1878.12.24)