Organized as the Society Islands Mission in 1844, missionary work ceased in 1852. In January 1892, missionaries from the Samoan Mission arrived in Tahiti. The Society Islands Mission was reorganized later that year. In 1907 it was renamed the Tahitian Mission.
Noah Rogers Called as President
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Started On 1843 May 23
Ended On 1845 July 8
Mission Founded
Missionaries Arrive
Shortly after the organization of the mission the first missionaries arrive.
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Occurred On 1844 May 4
Addison Pratt Called as President
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Started On 1845 July 8
Ended On 1847 March 28
Benjamin Franklin Grouard Called as President
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Started On 1847 March 28
Ended On 1850 July 7
Addison Pratt Called as President
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Started On 1849 October 9
Ended On 1852 May 16
Mission Closed
Government pressure prevented work from continuing in the mission and it was closed when the mission president, Addison Pratt, departed.
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Occurred On 1852 May 16
Mission Reopened
In January 1892, Joseph W. Damron and William A. Seegmiller were sent from the Samoan Mission to recommence missionary work in Tahiti. The Society Islands Mission was formally reopened on 29 April 1892.
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Started On 1892 January
Ended On 1892 April 29
James Stephens Brown Called as President
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Started On 1892 April 8
Ended On 1893 July 8
Joseph Warren Damron, Jr. Called as President
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Started On 1893 July 8
Ended On 1895 May 11
Frank Atkinson Cutler Called as President
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Started On 1895 April 4
Ended On 1896 September 14
Daniel Thomas Miller Called as President
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Started On 1896 June 18
Ended On 1899 July 12
William Henry Chamberlin, Jr. Called as President
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Started On 1899 July 8
Ended On 1900 March 1
Headquarters Move
The mission home was located at Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands.
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Occurred On 1900
Joseph Young Haight Called as President
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Started On 1900 March 1
Ended On 1902 July 31
Edward Spackman Hall Called as President
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Started On 1903 February 28
Ended On 1907 August 21
Temporary Mission President Change
Franklin J. Fullmer temporarily oversaw the mission from July to October while Edward S. Hall traveled to Utah.
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Started On 1905 July
Ended On 1905 October
Frank Atkinson Cutler Called as President
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Started On 1907 July 30
Ended On 1908 September 27
Mission Renamed
The mission was renamed the Tahitian Mission.
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Occurred On 1907 August 22
Periodical Published
A new mission periodical, Te Heheuraa Api, began its run and was published until the end of 1961.
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Occurred On 1907 October
William Adam Seegmiller Called as President
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Started On 1909 March 4
Ended On 1911 September 4
Franklin Junius Fullmer Called as President
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Started On 1911 September 6
Ended On 1914 June 27
Ira Hyer Called as President
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Started On 1914 June 27
Ended On 1915 April 9
Ernest Crabtree Rossiter Called as President
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Started On 1915 February 16
Ended On 1919 July 17
Temporary Mission President Change
L. John McCullough served as temporary mission president after the departure of Ernest C. Rossiter in July 1919 until the arrival of Leonidas H. Kennard Jr. in February 1920.
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Started On 1919 July
Ended On 1920 February
Leonidas Hamlin Kennard, Jr. Called as President
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Started On 1920 January 9
Ended On 1922 August 22
Ole Bertrand Peterson Called as President
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Started On 1922 June 30
Ended On 1925 May 5
Herbert Brown Foulger Called as President
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Started On 1925 May 5
Ended On 1926 April 7
Temporary Mission President Change
Herbert B. Foulger was appointed mission president on 5 May 1925 by Ole B. Peterson when Peterson was departing and no formal successor had been appointed.
Stanley W. Bird served as temporary mission president between the departure of Herbert B. Foulger on 7 April 1926 and the arrival of Alma G. Burton on 29 May of that same year.
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Started On 1925 May 5
Ended On 1926 May 29
Alma Gardner Burton Called as President
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Started On 1926 May 12
Ended On 1929 May 28
George William Burbidge Called as President
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Started On 1929 April 8
Ended On 1933 July 19
Boundary Change
At the end of 1930, the mission consisted of four districts: Tahiti, Tubuai, Upper Tuamotu, and Lower Tuamotu. The mission office was located in Papeete, Tahiti.
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Occurred On 1930
Le Roy Mallory Called as President
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Started On 1933 June 28
Ended On 1937 February 25
Thomas Lambert Woodbury Called as President
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Started On 1936 December 10
Ended On 1938 January 26
Kenneth Richards Stevens, Sr. Called as President
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Started On 1938 July 24
Ended On 1940 August 7
Eugene Mousley Cannon Called as President
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Started On 1940 July 17
Ended On 1940 December 16
Ernest Crabtree Rossiter Called as President
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Started On 1941 May 15
Ended On 1945 January 3
Edgar Bentley Mitchell, Jr. Called as President
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Started On 1945 January 3
Ended On 1949
Franklin Junius Fullmer Called as President
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Started On 1949
Ended On 1950 February 23
Le Roy Mallory Called as President
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Started On 1949 December 12
Ended On 1952 March 21
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