Indonesia - Malaysia - Singapore
Nov. 11, 1965 - Sign of Fijian chief is oprdained a priest ay Westminster Cathedral.: A fijian, the Rev. Beato Ratloco, the son of Ratu Vika, the chief of Solevu, on the island of Vanua Levu, Fiji was ordained by the Bishop of Fiji, the Rt. Rev. Victor Foley, who was born at Sandgate, Kent. The Bishop went to Fiji as newly ordained priest in 1936 and was appointed Bishop eight years later. After the ordination ceremony the Rev. Ratuloco's many Fijian friend an England offered their congratulations in the second Heart Hall, their congratulations in the Sacred Heart Hall, Horseferry Road, according to their native custom. Photo shows the scene in the Sacred Heart Hall during the Yanggona ceremony, the native custom in which the powdered root of a Fijian plant is mixed with water and passed round in coconut shells, cut in helves, and used as cups. The newly ordained priest, the Rev. Ratuloco can be seen (centre) watching Fijians in native costume during the ceremony
