1801 was the year Bishop Pompallier was born in Lyon, France.
With the help of four priests and three Marist brothers, Pompelier left France in 1836 to lead a pioneering Catholic mission in west-central Oceania.
I'm gonna convert lot of people to Christianity so they turn to God.
Upon arriving in New Zealand hokianga on 10th of January 1838 as the Vicar Apostolic of Western Oceania, he made it the center of his activities.
Three days after Pompelier arrived in Hokianga, his party celebrated their first mass.
It was a long journey but we can finally visit to our fathers house again.
In 1840, when the Treaty of Waitangi was being debated, he contributed his considerable abilities to the cause, obtaining a guarantee of the freedom to practice religion in New Zealand from the Governor Hobson.
religious freedom for all beliefs in NZ!
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The Bishop set up sixteen mission stations around the North and South Islands by 1844, with the arrival of more missionaries - priests, sisters, and seminarians.