Final Years
Msgr. Ropert engaged in extensive pastoral visitation notwithstanding the pain caused by a stomach cancer he endured since September 1898. In summer of 1902, he made a trip to San Francisco and lower California partly for business and partly for the benefit of his declining health. He returned, no better, and succumbed to his illness on January 4, 1903. He was buried in the Honolulu Catholic Cemetery at 839A South King Street, in downtown Honolulu.
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| Preceded by Herman Koeckemann |
Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands 1892–1903 |
Succeeded by Libert H. Boeynaems |
| Persondata | |
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| Name | Ropert, Gulstan |
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| Short description | |
| Date of birth | August 30, 1839 |
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| Date of death | January 4, 1903 |
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