The island was initially staffed by one physician, Dr. Charles F. de Mey, four French sisters of Charity of the Order of Saint Paul Chartres, a jesuit priest and several other employees.
Paulists, several Roman Catholic orders and congregations under the patronage of St Paul the Hermit and including the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit and the Minims
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Its parish was established by Pope Pius XI in 1937 and placed in the care of the Fathers of the Missionary Institute of the Pious Society of St Paul (known as the Paulini, not to be confused with the Paulists at Santa Susanna).