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Father John Ikataere Rarikin MSC (5 January 1944 − 8 February 2014) was a Roman Catholic priest who served as the Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti since 2010 to 2002.Rarikin was born in Butaritari Island Kiribati. He was the 3rd eldest in a family of 4 boys and 6 girls. In the young age he joined an Institute of Consecrated Life of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and was ordained as priest in 30 September 1972.