See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Rules for catechists, 1890; and reports on catechists, 1919

Official organ of the Roman Catholic Vicariate in Fiji.

Reel 1: Vol 1(1) - Vol 8(12)<BR>Reel 2: Vol 9(1) - Vol 16(12)

Lacks: Bulletin 5 (printed but not issued): Bulletin 7 (not issued). There are 2 issues numbered 9.

See PMB MS 432, material relating to the Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The documents are:

1. Reports etc. re Naililili, 1893-99
2. 'Rewa: Affaire du subside donne a l'Ecole par la province', 1898-1905
   There was a Roman Catholic Mission Station situated at Naililili, Rewa River, Suva.

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The papers are:

1. 'Quelques Notes sur Fiji, les Fijiens et la Religion Catholique a Fiji'
2. 'Conference sur les Meke fidjiens', by Father C.M. Flaus, SM
3. 'La Culte des Morts a Fiji a l'Ouest et a l'Interieur', by Father J. de Marzan, SM
4. Notes on the Roman Catholic Mission in Fiji, 1925, by Father J. Oreve, SM
5. 'Superstitions Rewiennes', 1891, by E.R. (i.e. Father E. Rougier, SM)
6. Notes on 'Le Deluge ... aux Fijis', by Father J. de Marzan, SM
7. 'Noms des Oiseaux ... de Namosi', by Father J.L. Guinard, SM

The Petits Freres comprised an order of Fijian lay brothers, founded by Mgr Vidal in 1890 to assist in teaching at mission schools and in the maintenance of Catholic mission property in Fiji. See also PMB MS 432

Most of the reports are undated, but several are dated 1919 and one dated 1923.

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The items are:

1. Accounts of Fijian secret societies - le 'vaki ou nanaga'; les Kalou Vatu; le keibuca; les kai nakauvadra. (These are contained in a small exercise book and are thought to have been written by Father J. de Marzan, SM.)
2. Brief histories of Fiji mission stations - Tailevu, Tunuloa, Naiserelagi, Suva, Ba and Yasawa, Kadavu, Lomary, Rotuma - and lists of principal dates.
3. A 'sketch' entitled 'Slavery in Fiji'. It is dated Levuka, Fiji, 22 June 1894 and is said to be a translation of a German 'communication' in the Geographische Gesellshaft (sic) of 1895. The author states that he had spent 23 years in the Pacific, 'the last twelve of them in Fiji'.
4. Correspondence, 1903, concerning alleged Bible burnings.
5. Church statistics, 1900-19.
6. Reports on native clergy, 1921-22.
7. An abridged Fijian grammar - 'Petit abrege de Grammaire Vitienne'. It bears the name of Father A. Deniau, SM, but does not appear to be in his handwriting.
8. Letters re medical matters to and from Bishop J. Vidal, 1906-10, and Bishop C.J. Nicolas, 1924-28.
9. An account of a visit to Lau by Father J.M. Oreve, SM, dated Suva, 30 August 1923.
10. 'Notes concernant l'Imprimerie', by Father P. Clement, SM, dated 'retraite 1922'.
11. Papers relating to Father J.V. Pujebet's removal from Nukunau Island, Gilbert Islands, 1917-1919.

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The papers are:

1. Papers of Father L. Soubeyran, SM (a) What the Catholic missionaries and Church have done to evangelise the Indians in Fiji (1970) (b) The Fathers in the Past (1970) (c) Sixty Years in the Missions of Fiji and Rotuma (1965) (d) Translation of a paper on Rotuman Games written by Father J.B. Chevreuil, SM. (With the original version) (1967).
2. The Catholic Church in the Fiji Islands (c.1970)
3. History of Loreto (c.1970)
4. History of the Catholic Mission at Wairiki (1964)
5. Le Reverend Pere Jules Delahaye
6. The Seventh-day Adventists, by Father Y.M. Helliet, SM, (1955)
7. Rapport sur le terrain Na Somo Levu, Ile Vuaki, Yasawa, by Father Y.M. Helliet, SM (1926)
8. Rapport sur 'l'Histoire Religieuse de Fiji' par Mgr Blanc (author unknown)
9. Le Rev. Pere Pierre Marie Jouny, SM, l'Apotre des Niua
10. Marist Fathers who have worked in Fiji (several lists)
11. Historique de la Stations de Tunuloa
12. 'An Unusual Priest' (Father Claudius Lurkhur), by Father Denis Fitzpatrick

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence from New Caledonia, Wallis, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Moruroa (Tuamotu archipelago), Sydney, New Zealand, France, Belgium, Naples.

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Minutes of council meetings.