| Matua | |||||
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| High Priest and Regent of Mangareva | |||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Matoua,_l%27oncle_du_roi.jpg) Drawing of Matoua by Jacques Marescot du Thilleul, 1838 | |||||
| Died | between 1840 and 1857 | ||||
| Burial | Kara-Ea Cemetery | ||||
| Spouse | Toa-Matui | ||||
| Issue | Akakio Tematereikura | ||||
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| Father | Mateoa (or Mapurure) | ||||
| Mother | Terehi-kura | ||||
| Religion | Mangarevan Roman Catholicism | ||||
Matua (baptized Maria Tepano or Marie-Etienne; fl. 1838) was the High Priest (taura tupua) of the island of Mangareva. He served as one of the regents for his nephew Maputeoa and was instrumental in the conversion of Mangareva and the Gambier Islands to Roman Catholicism.[1] His name is often written as Matoua.[2]
- ^ Garrett 1982, pp. 88–96.
- ^ Dumont d'Urville 1842, pp. 152–153.