About Hippolyte Roussel
Lived 1824 – 1898 (aged 73). Hippolyte Roussel was a French missionary.
Hippolyte Roussel (22 March 1824 in La Ferté-Macé – 22 January 1898 in Gambier Islands) was a French priest and missionary to Polynesia, a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He was removed from his post in Mangareva because of his "strident pronouncements", and in 1866 was appointed to lead a new mission to Easter Island (Rapa Nui), with Eugène Eyraud.
In 1871, after conflict with the manager of the Brander plantation, Jean-Baptiste Dutrou-Bornier, who then began to persecute those faithful to the mission, he was forced to leave Easter Island on the orders of Bishop Florentin-Étienne Jaussen, and took 168 islanders with him, leaving only 230 Rapanui on the island.
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Who was Hippolyte Roussel?
French priest and missionary to Polynesia (1824-1898)
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Hippolyte Roussel was born on 22 March 1824 in La Ferté-Macé.
When did Hippolyte Roussel die?
Hippolyte Roussel died on 25 January 1898 in Gambier Islands.
What was Hippolyte Roussel's occupation?
Hippolyte Roussel was a missionary.
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Hippolyte Roussel was French.
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