APIFO'OU COLLEGE

'Apifo'ou College traces her foundation to 1865 when an all-boys day school named 'St Stanislaus College' was founded by Fr Jean-Amand Lamaze SM at 'Ahopanilolo, Ma'ufanga, thereby making 'Apifo'ou one of the oldest secondary schools in the Pacific Islands... With a view to expanding the school, Fr Lamaze (now Bishop Olepio) sought and received the nearby property of 'Vusi' from Felise Kama to which St Stanislaus College was moved in 1881 to remain a day school. Fr. Olier was the first Principal at this 'new home'... On August 15, 1886, St Stanislaus College officially became a boarding school under the new name of 'Peter Chanel College'. Fr Emilien Thomas, holder of a licentiate in theology, was Principal from 1888 to 1906. The college bore the name of Peter Chanel up to 1963.

Also known as: Apifo'ou

Primary location: Tonga