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Organized as the Society Islands Mission May 1844. Missionary work ceased by 1852 when Addison Pratt departed the islands.
In January 1892 missionaries from the Samoan Mission, Joseph W. Damron and William A. Seegmiller, arrived in Tahiti. The Society Islands Mission was reorganized later that year. In 1907 it was renamed the Tahitian Mission.
By 1930 the mission consisted of four districts: Tahiti, Tubuai, Upper Tuamotu, and Lower Tuamotu.
Noah Rogers Called as President
1843 May 23 – 1845 July 8 See Missionaries
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Started On 1843 May 23
Set Apart
Ended On 1845 July 8
Departed from Field
Mission Founded
1844 April 30
Addison Pratt Called as President
1845 July 8 – 1847 March 28 See Missionaries
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Started On 1845 July 8
Called
Ended On 1847 March 28
Departed from Field
Benjamin Franklin Grouard Called as President
1847 March 28 – 1850 July 7 See Missionaries
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Started On 1847 March 28
Called
Ended On 1850 July 7
Released
Addison Pratt Called as President
1849 October 9 – 1852 May 16 See Missionaries
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Started On 1849 October 9
Departed from Home
Ended On 1852 May 16
Departed from Field
James Stephens Brown Called as President
1892 April 8 – 1893 July 8 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1892 April 8
Set Apart
Ended On 1893 July 8
Departed from Field
Joseph Warren Damron, Jr. Called as President
1893 July 8 – 1895 May 11 See Missionaries
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Started On 1893 July 8
Called
Ended On 1895 May 11
Departed from Field
Frank Atkinson Cutler Called as President
1895 April 4 – 1896 September 14 See Missionaries
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Started On 1895 April 4
Called
Ended On 1896 September 14
Departed from Field
Daniel Thomas Miller Called as President
1896 June 18 – 1899 July 12 See Missionaries
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Started On 1896 June 18
Set Apart
Ended On 1899 July 12
Released
William Henry Chamberlin, Jr. Called as President
1899 July 8 – 1900 March 1 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1899 July 8
Called
Ended On 1900 March 1
Released
Joseph Young Haight Called as President
1900 March 1 – 1902 July 31 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1900 March 1
Called
Ended On 1902 July 31
Departed from Field
Edward Spackman Hall Called as President
1903 February 28 – 1907 August 21 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1903 February 28
Called
Ended On 1907 August 21
Released
Frank Atkinson Cutler Called as President
1907 July 30 – 1908 September 27 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1907 July 30
Set Apart
Ended On 1908 September 27
Departed from Field
William Adam Seegmiller Called as President
1909 March 4 – 1911 September 4 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1909 March 4
Set Apart
Ended On 1911 September 4
Released
Franklin Junius Fullmer Called as President
1911 September 6 – 1914 June 27 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1911 September 6
Set Apart
Ended On 1914 June 27
Released
Ira Hyer Called as President
1914 June 27 – 1915 April 9 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1914 June 27
Called
Ended On 1915 April 9
Released
Ernest Crabtree Rossiter Called as President
1915 February 16 – 1919 July 17 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1915 February 16
Set Apart
Ended On 1919 July 17
Released
Leonidas Hamlin Kennard, Jr. Called as President
1920 January 9 – 1922 August 22 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1920 January 9
Set Apart
Ended On 1922 August 22
Departed from Field
Ole Bertrand Peterson Called as President
1922 June 30 – 1925 May 5 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1922 June 30
Set Apart
Ended On 1925 May 5
Released
Herbert Brown Foulger Called as President
1925 May 5 – 1926 April 7 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1925 May 5
Called
Ended On 1926 April 7
Released
Alma Gardner Burton Called as President
1926 May 12 – 1929 May 28 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1926 May 12
Set Apart
Ended On 1929 May 28
Departed from Field
George William Burbidge Called as President
1929 April 8 – 1933 July 19 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1929 April 8
Set Apart
Ended On 1933 July 19
Released
Le Roy Mallory Called as President
1933 June 28 – 1937 February 25 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1933 June 28
Set Apart
Ended On 1937 February 25
Released
Thomas Lambert Woodbury Called as President
1936 December 10 – 1938 January 26 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1936 December 10
Set Apart
Ended On 1938 January 26
Departed from Field
Kenneth Richards Stevens, Sr. Called as President
1938 July 24 – 1940 August 7 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1938 July 24
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1940 August 7
Departed from Field
Eugene Mousley Cannon Called as President
1940 July 17 – December 16 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1940 July 17
Departed from Home
Ended On 1940 December 16
Departed from Field
Ernest Crabtree Rossiter Called as President
1941 May 15 – 1945 January 3 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1941 May 15
Set Apart
Ended On 1945 January 3
Released
Edgar Bentley Mitchell, Jr. Called as President
1945 January 3 – 1949 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1945 January 3
Set Apart
Ended On 1949
Released
Franklin Junius Fullmer Called as President
1949 – 1950 February 23 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1949
Called
Ended On 1950 February 23
Departed from Field
Le Roy Mallory Called as President
1949 December 12 – 1952 March 21 See Missionaries
Date Details
Started On 1949 December 12
Set Apart
Ended On 1952 March 21
Released
Media
Tahitian (1844 - ?) Profile
Missionaries to Tahiti
Mission Conference, December 1939
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Tahitian Mission Home
Missionaries to Tahiti
Tahiti missionaries, March 1906