Étienne Jérôme Rouchouze
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The Most Reverend Etienne Jerome Rouchouze SS.CC. |
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| Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Oceania | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| See | Titular Bishop of Nilopolis |
| Appointed | 14 June 1833 |
| In office | 1833-1843 |
| Predecessor | Alexis Bachelot |
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| Consecration | 22 December 1833 by Carlo Maria Pedicini |
| Rank | Bishop |
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| Born |
February 28, 1798 Chazeau, Guadeloupe, France |
| Died | 1843 At sea |
| Nationality | French |
Étienne Jérôme Rouchouze SS.CC. (English: Stephen Rouchouze; Chazeau, Loire 1798 – 1843 at sea) was a French Catholic missionary in the Eastern Pacific.
For the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, he served as Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop of Nilopolis from 1833 to 1843 of the Vicariate Apostolic of Oriental Oceania, from which were derived the Archdiocese of Pape‘ete, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu and the Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata in the Marquesas Islands. As a missionary bishop, Msgr. Rouchouze resided in Valparaíso, Chile and in Honolulu; he was responsible for the evangelization efforts of the Picpus Fathers in the Hawaiian Islands and eastern Pacific. His motto was Per aspera in astera (from hardship to the stars).
Prior to his episcopal ministry, Pope Gregory XVI, on November 27, 1825, created the Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands. Father Alexis Bachelot was subsequently appointed its first prefect on December 3, 1825.
Msgr. Rouchouze was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Oriental Oceania and Titular Bishop of Nilopolis on June 14, 1833 with ordinary jurisdiction over the Hawai‘i prefecture apostolic. He was subsequently consecrated to the episcopate in Rome, on December 22, 1833 by the Prefect of the Propaganda Fide, Cardinal Carlo Maria Pedicini. On June 29, 1834, in Golden Square in London, Msgr. Rouchouze served as principal co-consecrator in the episcopal ordination of Msgr. John Bede Polding, O.S.B., Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea and Vicar Apostolic elect of New Holland.
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