The Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands was the jurisdiction of the

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of the

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in the Hawaiian Islands, created in 1847 by the

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. In 1848, the phrase ''Sandwich Islands'' was dropped and replaced by ''Hawaiian Islands.'' The first Vicar Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands (and the Hawaiian Islands) was Msgr.

Louis-Désiré Maigret Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC., (September 14, 1804 – June 11, 1882), served as the first vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands; now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. Born in Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé (France), ...

, SS.CC. The Vicariate derives from the

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, established in 1825 and which was to become in 1833, a part of the larger territory under the ordinary jurisdiction of the Vicar Apostolic of Oriental Oceania entrusted to the

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Hawaiian Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu 1847 establishments in Hawaii {{US-RC-diocese-stub

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