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| Places | France French Polynesia | |
| was | Religious leader Catechist | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Birth | 1800 | |
| Death | 13 June 1863Rikitea, French Polynesia, France (aged 63 years) |
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Gilbert Soulié, SS.CC., (born Antoine Soulié; 1800 – 13 June 1863) was a French Catholic Catechist brother of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church. He was part of the Roman Catholic mission in the Gambier Islands from 1835 until his death in 1863 and with Brother Fabien Costes trained the natives workers and masons in the construction of many of the island's impressive buildings including St. Michael's Cathedral in Rikitea.