Bishop Poncet, first Vicar Apostolic of Wallis and Futuna, was consecrated Bishop in Tonga in March 1936. He arrived at Wallis Island in the following May and remained there until 1962. The second volume of the Histoire de l'ile Wallis by Bishop Poncet was published by the Societe des Oceanistes, Paris, in 1972. This first volume has not been published: it is cyclostyled on quarto pages. The last date mentioned in the work is 23 April 1967.