Rev Delphin Moreau SM

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Delphin

Middle Names:

Victor

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Moreau

Order:

SM

Date of Birth:

02-Oct-1813

Place of Birth:

Brain-sur-Allonne, Saumur, Maine-et-Loire

Country of Birth:

France

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

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Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

19-Dec-1883

Place of Death:

Country of Death:

New Zealand

Date of Burial:

Dec - 1883

Place of Burial:

Whanganui

Country of Burial:

New Zealand

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207198871

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Biographical Notes

Australasian Catholic Directory, 1862, p 81:

Otago. A Scotch settlement, has hitherto been periodically visited by some one of the clergy, but now the Rev. F. D. Moreau is permanently located there.

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Catholic Church. Pioneer Priests. Labours in Early Days. A Notable Band, Evening Post, Wellington, 24 February 1938, p 20, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380224.2.174:

[...] The Rev. Father Delphine Moreau, S.M., was born in France in 1813 and came to New Zealand in 1843, working as a missionary under Bishop Pompallier. He arrived in Wellington in 1850 and worked among the Maoris at Otaki and in the Manawatu. He was stationed for some years at Dunedin. [...]