Cyprien Liausu

Maputeoa took the name Gregorio in honor of Pope Gregory XVI who had deputed the missionaries to eastern Oceania.

Liausu served as a physician on the island and set up a hospital to treat the sick during a sudden epidemic in Rikitea.

[7] Liausu was the first to cultivate sugar cane and giraumont squash on Mangareva and planted coconut trees on the reef of Tekau.

One of Liausu's legacies was the Rouru Convent located at the foot of Mount Duff in Rikitea, which was built to sequester the native women of the islands.

[9] After years of ministry, Liausu became sick and discouraged; he departed on 15 July 1855, for France without authorization from the Church.