Florentin-Étienne Jaussen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Florentin-Étienne Jaussen

French missionary

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1815

Place of Birth: Rocles, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 09-Sep-1891

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Florentin-Étienne Jaussen, SS.CC., (2 April 1815 – 9 September 1891) was the first bishop of Tahiti and the man who brought the rongorongo script of Easter Island to the world's attention.
In the 1860s Bishop Jaussen was responsible for ending the slave raids on Easter Island. Jaussen was born in Rocles, France.
He was Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti and titular bishop of Axieri from 9 May 1848 until 12 February 1884, when he resigned.
During this time he went by the name Tepano, the Tahitian pronunciation of Etienne in its original Greek form Stephanos. He ordained the first native priest of Eastern Polynesia Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi, on 24 December 1874.