John Taroanui Doom

WCC president from the Pacific

Mr John Doom of the Maòhi Protestant Church (French Polynesia) is currently national co-ordinator of the Association of the Former Nuclear Site Workers of Moruroa (Moruroa e Tatou). In 1989, he was appointed as the WCC's executive secretary for the Pacific, a post which he held until his retirement in 2000. He was a member of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) from 1983-1989, and of the WCC central committee from 1976-1983. Doom served as general secretary of his church from 1971-1988, and as principal of the Hermon Theological School, Tahiti, from 1972-1977. He was also a member of the executive committee of the Pacific Conference of Churches from 1966-1989. Doom became a deacon of his church in 1962.

Interview with John Taroanui Doom (in French)