List of missionaries to Hawaii

This is a list of missionaries to Hawaii. Before European exploration, the Hawaiian religion was brought from Tahiti by Paʻao according to oral tradition. Notable missionaries with written records below are generally Christian.

Protestant

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

Several groups were sent from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

First company

The first ABCFM company arrived on March 30, 1820, on the ''Thaddeus'' from Boston:

* John Honoree, Hawaiian and schoolmate of Henry Opukahaia
* Thomas Hopoo, Hawaiian and schoolmate of Henry Opukahaia
* William Tennooe, Hawaiian and schoolmate of Henry Opukahaia
* George Sandwich (Also known as George Tamoree & Prince George) Hawaiian
* Rev. Hiram Bingham I (1789–1869), father of Hiram Bingham II and grandfather of Hiram Bingham III
* Sybil Moseley Bingham (1792–1848), wife of Hiram Bingham I
* Daniel Chamberlain (1782–1881), farmer
* Jerusha Burnap (1787–1879), wife of Daniel Chamberlain
* Thomas Holman (1793–1826), doctor
* Lucia Ruggles Holman (1793–1886), wife of Thomas Holman and sister to Samuel Ruggles, believed to be the first American woman to circumnavigate the globe
* Elisha Loomis (1799–1836), the first printer in Hawaii
* Maria Theresa Sartwell (1796–1862), wife of Elisha Loomis
* Rev. Samuel Ruggles (1795–1871), who brought the first Kona coffee trees to Hawaii in 1828
* Nancy Well (1791–1873), wife of Samuel Ruggles
* Rev. Asa Thurston (1787–1868), grandfather of businessman and politician Lorrin A. Thurston
* Lucy Goodale (1795–1876), wife of Asa Thurston
* Samuel Whitney (1793–1845), father of Henry Martyn Whitney
* Mercy Partridge (1795–1872), wife of Samuel Whitney

Second company

The second ABCFM company arrived on April 23, 1823, on the ''Thames'' from New Haven:

* Rev. Artemas Bishop (1795–1872),
* Elizabeth Edwards (1796–1828), wife of Artemas Bishop
* Abraham Blatchley (1787–1860), doctor
* Jemma Marvin (1791–1856), wife of Abraham Blatchley
* Levi Chamberlain (1792–1849), superintendent of secular affairs
* Rev. James Ely (1798–1890), licensed preacher who founded Kealakekua Church, ordained in 1825
* Louisa Everest (1792–1849), wife of James Ely
* Rev. Joseph Goodrich (1794–1852), licensed preacher, ordained in 1826, who founded the Hilo Station
* Martha Barnes (1801–1840), wife of Joseph Goodrich
* Rev. William Richards (1793–1847)
* Clarissa Lyman (1794–1861), wife of William Richards
* Rev. Charles Samuel Stewart (1795–1870), who published a journal
* Harriet Bradford Tiffany Stewart (1798–1830), wife of Charles Samuel Stewart
* Betsey Stockton (1798–1865), the first African American and unmarried female missionary

Third company

The third ABCFM company arrived on March 30, 1828, on the ''Parthian'' from Boston:
* Rev. Lorrin Andrews (1795–1868), founder of Lahainaluna Seminary and judge
* Mary Ann Wilson (1804–1879), wife of Lorrin Andrews
* Rev. Ephraim Weston Clark (1799–1878), third pastor of Kawaiahaʻo Church
* Mary Kittredge (1803–1857), wife of Ephraim Weston Clark
* Rev. Jonathan Smith Green (1796–1878), who founded Makawao Union Church
* Theodosia Arnold (1792–1859), wife of Jonathan Smith Green
* Rev. Peter Johnson Gulick (1796–1877)
* Fanny Hinckley Thomas (1798–1883), wife of Peter Gulick
* Dr. Gerrit P. Judd (1803–1873), physician and diplomat
* Laura Fish (1804–1872), wife of Gerrit P. Judd
* Maria Ogden (1792–1874), teacher
* Maria Patton (1803–1880), teacher, married Levi Chamberlain
* Stephen Shepard (1800–1834), printer
* Margaret Caroline Slow (1801–?), wife of Stephen Shepard
* Mary Ward (1799–1834), teacher, married Edmund Horton Rogers as his second wife
* Delia Stone (1800–1875), teacher, married Artemas Bishop as his second wife

Fourth company

The fourth ABCFM company arrived June 7, 1831 on the ''New England'' from New Bedford:
* Rev. Dwight Baldwin (1798–1886), physician on Maui island
* Charlotte Fowler (1805–1873), wife of Dwight Baldwin
* Rev. Sheldon Dibble (1809–1845), historian and Bible translator
* Maria M. Tomlinson (1808–1837), wife of Sheldon Dibble
* Andrew Johnstone (1794–1859), assistant superintendent of secular affairs
* Rebecca Worth (1792–1879), wife of Andrew Johnston
* Rev. Reuben Tinker (1799–1854)
* Mary Throop Wood (1809–1895), wife of Reuben Tinker

Fifth company

The fifth ABCFM company arrived May 17, 1832 on the ''Averick'' from Boston:
* Rev. William Patterson Alexander (1805–1884), whose son founded Alexander & Baldwin
* Mary Ann McKinney (1810–1888), wife of William Patterson Alexander
* Rev. Richard Armstrong (1805–1860), various missions, second pastor of Kawaiahaʻo Church
* Clarissa Chapman (1805–1891), wife of Richard Armstrong
* Alonzo Chapin (1805–1876), physician
* Mary Ann Tenney (1804–1885), wife of Alonzo Chapin
* Rev. John Smith Emerson (1800–1867), founder of Liliuokalani Protestant Church
* Ursula Sophia Newell (1806–1888), wife of John Smith Emerson
* Rev. Cochran Forbes (1805–1880), the founder of Kealakekua Church in 1833
* Rebecca Duncan Smith (1805–1878), Cochran Forbes
* Rev. Harvey Rexford Hitchcock (1800–1855), who founded the first church on Molokaʻi island
* Rebecca Howard (1808–1890), wife of Harvey Rexford Hitchock
* Rev. David Belden Lyman (1803–1868), who founded the Hilo Boarding School
* Sarah Joiner (1806–1885), wife of David Belden Lyman
* Rev. Lorenzo Lyons (1807–1886), who built Imiola Church in Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii
* Betsy Curtis (1813–1837), first wife of Lorenzo Lyons
* Edmund Horton Rogers (1806–1853), printer
* Rev. Ephraim Spaulding (1802–1840), who built the house at Waineʻe Church
* Julia Brooks (1810–1898), wife of Ephraim Spaulding

Sixth company

The sixth ABCFM company arrived on May 1, 1833, on the ''Mentor'':
* Rev. John Diell (1808–1841)
* Caroline Platt (1807–1901), wife of John Diell
* Lemuel Fuller (1810–?), printer
* Rev. Benjamin Wyman Parker (1803–1877)
* Mary Elizabeth Barker (1805–1907), wife of Benjamin Wyman Parker
* Rev. Lowell Smith (1802–1891)
* Abba Willis Tenney (1809–1885), wife of Lowell Smith

Seventh company

The seventh ABCFM company arrived on June 6, 1835, on the ''Hellespont'':
* Lydia Brown (1780–1865), teacher
* Rev. Titus Coan (1808–1881), first pastor of Haili Church in Hilo
* Fidelia Church (1810–1872), first wife of Titus Coan
* Henry Dimond (1808–1895), bookbinder
* Ann Maria Anner (1808–1893), wife of Henry Dimond
* Edwin Oscar Hall (1810–1883), printer
* Sarah Lyons Williams (1812–1876), first wife of Edwin Oscar Hall
* Elizabeth Maria Hitchcock (1802–1857), teacher, married Edmund Horton Rogers as his second wife

Eighth company

The eighth ABCFM company arrived on April 9, 1837, on the ''Mary Frasier'' from Boston:
* Seth Lathrop Andrews (1809–1892), physician
* Parnelly Pierce (1807–1846), wife of Seth Lathrop Andrews
* Edward Bailey (1814–1903), teacher
* Caroline Hubbard (1814–1894), wife of Edward Baily
* Rev. Isaac Bliss (1804–1851)
* Emily Curtis (1811–1865), wife of Isaac Bliss
* Samuel Northrup Castle (1808–1894), who co-founded Castle & Cooke
* Angeline Lorraine Tenney (1810–1841), first wife of Samuel Northrup Castle
* Rev. Daniel Toll Conde (1807–1897)
* Andelucia Lee (1810–1855), wife of Daniel Toll Conde
* Amos Starr Cooke (1810–1871), who founded the Royal School in Honolulu
* Juliette Montague (1812–1896), wife of Amos Starr Cooke and taught at the Royal School
* Rev. Mark Ives (1809–1885)
* Mary Ann Brainerd (1810–1882), wife of Mark Ives
* Rev. Edward Johnson (1813–1867), teacher, ordained 1848
* Lois S. Hoyt (1809–1891), wife of Edward Johnson
* Horton Owen Knapp (1813–1845), teacher
* Charlotte Close (1813–1846), wife of Horton Owen Knapp
* Rev. Thomas Lafon (1801–1876)
* Sophia Louisa Parker (1812–1844), wife of Thomas Lafon
* Edwin Locke (1813–1843), teacher
* Martha Laurens Rowell (1812–1842), wife of Edwin Locke
* Charles MacDonald (1812–1839), teacher
* Harriet Treadwell Halstead (1810–1881), wife of Charles MacDonald
* Bethuel Munn (1803–1849), teacher
* Louisa Clark (1810–1841), wife of Bethuel Munn
* Marcia M. Smith (1806–1896), teacher
* Lucia Garratt Smith (1808–1892), teacher, later married to as his second wife Lorenzo Lyons
* William Sanford Van Duzee (1811–1883), teacher
* Oral Hobart (1814–1891), wife of William Sanford Van Duzee
* Abner Wilcox (1808–1869), teacher
* Lucy Eliza Hart (1814–1869), wife of Abner Wilcox
* Two Hawaiian seamen, Joseph and Levi, served as translators

Ninth company

The ninth ABCFM company arrived on May 21, 1841, on the ''Gloucester'':
* Rev. Elias Bond (1813–1896), founded Kalahikiola Church and Kohala Seminary
* Ellen Mariner Howell (1817–1881), wife of Elias Bond
* Rev. Daniel Dole (1808–1878), who founded of Punahou School
* Emily Hoyt Ballard (1808–1844), first wife of Daniel Dole
* Rev. John Davis Paris (1809–1892), who founded Kahikolu Church and Hale Halawai O Holualoa
* Mary Grant (1807–1847), first wife of John Davis Paris
* William Harrison Rice (1813–1862), teacher
* Mary Sophia Hyde (1816–1911), wife of William Harrison Rice

Tenth company

The tenth ABCFM company arrived on September 24, 1842, on the ''Sarah Abagail'' from Boston:
* Rev. George Berkeley Rowell (1815–1884)
* Malvina Jerusha Chapin (1816–1901)
* James William Smith (1810–1887), physician and teacher
* Millicent Knapp Smith (1816–1891), wife of James William Smith

Arrived on October 19, 1842, on the ''Sarah Abagail'' from New York:
* Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon (1815–1885), publisher of "The Friend".
* Julia Sherman Mills (1817–1890), wife of Samuel Chenery Damon

Arrived on September 21, 1843, from Boston, originally intended on going to Oregon:
* Rev. Asa Bowen Smith (1809–1886)
* Sarah Gilbert White (1813–1855), wife of Asa Bowen Smith

Eleventh company

The eleventh ABCFM company arrived July 15, 1844 on the ''Globe'' from Boston:
* Rev. Claudius Buchanan Andrews (1818–1877)
* Rev. Timothy Dwight Hunt (1840–1895)
* Mary Hedges (died 1857), wife of Timothy Dwight Hunt
* Rev. John Fawcett Pogue (1814–1877)
* Rev. Eliphalet Whittlesey (1816–1889)
* Elizabeth Keane Baldwin (1821–1876), wife of Eliphalet Whittlese

Twelfth company

The twelfth ABCFM company arrived February 26, 1848 on the ''Samoset'' from Boston:
* Rev. Samuel Gelston Dwight (1815–1880), stationed in Kaluaʻaha. He married Native Hawaiian Anna Mahoe (1839–1879)
* Rev. Henry Kinney (1816–1854), stationed in Waiohinu
* Maria Louisa Walsworth (1822–1858), wife of Henry Kinney and teacher. She married businessman Benjamin Pitman after her husband's death

Other arrivals

Arrived in 1854, intended for Micronesia on the ''Chaica'':
* William Cornelius Shipman (1824–1861), stationed in Waiohinu
* Jane Stobie (1827–1904), wife of William Cornelius Shipman

London Missionary Society

From the London Missionary Society (deputation of British missionaries and Tahitian teachers on their way to theMarquesas), they arrive from Tahiti on April 16 and returned to Tahiti on August 27, 1822, on the ''Mermaid'':

*Rev, Daniel Tyerman
*Rev. George Bennet
* Mary Mercy Moore (1793–1835) spouse of William Ellis.
* Rev. William Ellis (1794–1872), who returned on February 4, 1823, on the ''Active'', toured the islands, and published a book about the tour. He left after about eighteen months in the islands.
*Anna and Matatore, Tahitian chiefs and teacher, part of 1822 LMS brief stay
*Taua and Tute, Tute, Tahitian teachers, part of 1823 LMS arrival

Anglican Church

*Bishop Thomas Nettleship Staley (1823–1898), the first Anglican bishop, arrived in 1862.
*Bishop Alfred Willis (1836–1920), the second Anglican bishop, arrived in 1872
*Archdeacon George Mason, founder of ʻIolani School, part of the first Anglican mission under Bishop Staley
*Rev. Edmund Ibbotson, founder of ʻIolani School, part of the first Anglican mission under Bishop Staley
*Rev. William Richard Scott, founder of ʻIolani School (on Lahaina)
*Rev. Joseph James Elkington
*Rev. Alexander Mackintosh, Canon of the St. Andrew's and principal of the Royal School for many years.
*Rev. Thomas Harris (1841–1907), Dean of Honolulu from 1868 to 1870.

Other groups

Methodist Episcopal Church

* Merriman Colbert Harris (1846–1921), the first Methodist bishop

Hawaii Evangelical Association

*John M. Lewis, Reverend of Wailuku Union Church from 1898 to 1900

Native Hawaiian Protestant

* Rev. Samuel C. Luhiau, Sr. (Lo’eau) (1824-1904) was ordained in 1858. He was an: Assistant Reverend to Elias Bond; (1858-1896) Kalahikiola Church and the Kohala Girl's Seminary School at I’ole alongside wife Carrie Kele Luhiau (Nūʻeku) who was also a teacher; Built and erected his own church at Kaipuha’a; Lamaloloa, on his family estate, Kohala’akau; Built Puako Church at Kawaihae. He was a member of the House of Nobles of The Kingdom of Hawai’i during 1887–1889, under King Kalākaua. He was also first cousin to Jane Luhiau (Lo’eau) who married Robert Jasper, then, S. Kaʻelemakule.
* David Malo (1793–1853), historian, built Kilolani Church
* Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia, who traveled via China to New England and inspired ABCFM
* James Kekela, first ordained Hawaiian Protestant minister
* Bartimeus Lalana Puaʻaiki, first Hawaiian licensed to preach
* Thomas Hopu, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the first ABCFM company
* John Honolii, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the first ABCFM company
* William Kanui, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the first ABCFM company
* William Kamooula, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the second ABCFM company
* Richard Kalaioulu, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the second ABCFM company
* Kupelii, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the second ABCFM company
* George Tyler Kielaa, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the third ABCFM company
* Samuel J. Mills Paloo, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the third ABCFM company
* John E. Phelps Kalaaauluna, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the third ABCFM company
* Jonathan Napela, Uaua and Kaleohano, early Mormon converts, who would later serve as prominent missionaries and leaders in the LDS Church.
* William Hoapili Kaʻauwai (1835–1874), only Native Hawaiian to be ordained a priest of the Anglican Church of Hawaii in 1864

Tahitian Protestant

* Stephen Popohe, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the second ABCFM company
* Henry Tahiti, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the third ABCFM company
* Tute Tehuiariʻi, accompanied Ellis of the London Missionary Society, chaplain to Hawaiian royalty and father of Manaiula Tehuiarii
* Taua, accompanied Ellis of the London Missionary Society
* Taʻamotu, female teacher, accompanied Ellis of the London Missionary Society
* Toteta, Tahitian teacher
* Auna, Tahitian teacher
* Daniel Kahikona, Tahitian teacher

Latter-day Saint

From the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, arriving on December 12, 1850, on the ''Imaum of Muscat'' from San Francisco:.
* Hiram Clark, Sr. (1795—1853), Mission president from November 1850–February 1851.
*Henry Bigler (1815–1900).
*Hiram Blackwell
*George Q. Cannon (1827–1901).
*John Dixon (1818–1853).
*William Farrer (1821–1906).
*James Hawkins (1818–1894).
*James Keeler (1817–1907).
*Thomas Morris (1799–1884).
*Thomas Levi Whittle (1812–1868).

Roman Catholic

Arrived in 1827 on ''La Comète'' from France on an invitation issued by Jean Baptiste Rives:
* Father Alexis Bachelot, SS.CC. (1796–1837), with Fathers Patrick Short, SS.CC., and Abraham Armand, SS.CC., and six lay Brothers of the Congregation

Subsequent bishops and priests:

* Bishop Etienne Jerome Rouchouze, SS.CC. (?–1843), lost at sea
* Bishop Louis Desiré Maigret, SS.CC. (1804–1882)
* Bishop Herman Koeckemann, SS.CC. (1828–1892)
* Bishop Gulstan Ropert, SS.CC. (1839–1903)
* Father Damien de Veuster, SS.CC., (1840–1889), canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in 2009 for dedicating his life to the care of leprosy victims on Molokai, eventually succumbing to the disease himself
* Bishop Libert H. Boeynaems, SS.CC. (1857–1926)
* Bishop Stephen Alencastre, SS.CC. (1876–1940)

Also:
* Mother Marianne Cope, O.S.F., (1838–1918), who led a group of Sisters from her religious congregation in answer to a plea by the King for nursing care of leprosy victims, and who eventually went to Molokai to help Father Damien in his last days and continue his work; beatified by the Catholic Church in 2005, canonized in October 2012
* Brother Joseph Dutton (1843–1931), a lay brother who assisted in Father Damien's work and lived on Molokai from 1886 to his death.
* Sister Leopoldina Burns (1855–1942), O.S.F., companion of Mother Marianne Cope in Molokai who helped care for the lepers and served as educator for girls.

Hawaiian Catholics:
* Helio Koaʻeloa (1815–1846), an early Catholic lay catechist known as the "Apostle of Maui".
*Petero Mahoe, early Hawaiian catechist
*Marie Leahi, early Hawaiian catechumen

Orthodox

* Protopresbyter Jacob Korchinsky (1861–1941), founded the Russian Orthodox Mission in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1915. He was executed by Soviet authorities in August 1941. He is under consideration for sainthood in the Russian Orthodox Church.
* Archimandrite Innokenty Dronoff (+1930s to 1940s), served the Russian Orthodox Community in the Hawaiian Islands in the 1930s to 1940s. His final resting place is unknown. He was based primarily out of Hilo, Hawaii.

See also

* Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
* Church of Hawaii
* Edict of Toleration (Hawaii)
* Henry Opukahaia
* List of Buddhist temples in Hawaii
* List of Roman Catholic missionaries
* Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
* Orthodox Church in Hawaii
* Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands
* Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii
* Timeline of Christian missions
* Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands

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