Tahitian
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.
organization
On 30 April 1844 the mission was organized with the first missionaries arriving on 4 May.
Mission Founded
Addison Pratt Called as President
organization
Government pressure prevented work from continuing in the mission and it was closed when the mission president, Addison Pratt, departed on 16 May 1852.
organization
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.
James Stephens Brown Called as President
Joseph Warren Damron Jr. Called as President
Frank Atkinson Cutler Called as President
Daniel Thomas Miller Called as President
William Henry Chamberlin Jr. Called as President
message
A new mission periodical, Te Heheuraa Api, began its run in October 1907 and was published until the end of 1961.
Timeline Activity
The mission home was located at Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands.
organization
Franklin J. Fullmer temporarily oversaw the mission from July to October 1905 while Edward S. Hall traveled to Utah.
On 22 August 1907 the mission was renamed the Tahitian Mission.
Joseph Young Haight Called as President
Edward Spackman Hall Called as President
organization
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.
Franklin Junius Fullmer Called as President
Ira Hyer Called as President
organization
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.
Leonidas Hamlin Kennard Jr. Called as President
Ole Bertrand Peterson Called as President
George William Burbidge Called as President
organization
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.
Thomas Lambert Woodbury Called as President
Kenneth Richards Stevens Called as President
Eugene Mousley Cannon Called as President
Edgar Bentley Mitchell Jr. Called as President
Le Roy Mallory Called as President
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