Installed 24 September 2010 Denomination Roman Catholic Term ended February 8, 2014 Nationality Kiribatian Ordination September 30, 1972 | Successor Reynaldo B. Getalado Rank Priest Predecessor Camille DesRosiers Name John Rarikin | |
Born 5 January 1944
Butaritari Island, Kiribati ( 1944-01-05 ) Alma mater St Peter Channel Seminary in Ulapia Died February 8, 2014, Suva, Fiji Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva | ||
Father John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C. (5 January 1944 − 8 February 2014) was a Roman Catholic priest who served as the Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti since 2010 to 2014.
Rarikin was born in Butaritari Island, Kiribati. He was the 3rd eldest in a family of 4 boys and 6 girls. In the young age he joined an Institute of Consecrated Life of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and was ordained as priest on 30 September 1972. Also he made studies at Rome in the Gregorian University.
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