The first branch in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) was founded on Maui in August 1851. By 1854, there were over 4,000 Hawaiian converts in 53 branches scattered throughout the islands, the Book of Mormon had been translated into Hawaiian, and converts gathered to a colony on Lanai. Missionaries left in 1857 at the time of the Utah War, but returned in 1864. In 1865 the Church purchased a sugar plantation in Laie, Oahu. The histories of the Laie plantation and the Hawaiian Mission intertwined as some mission presidents served simultaneously as plantation manager. In 1919 the plantation closed and the Laie Temple was dedicated on the same land.
Hiram Clark Called as President
1850 September – 1851 February 22 See Missionaries
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Started On 1850 September
Set Apart
Ended On 1851 February 22
Departed from Field
Mission Founded
1850 December 12
Philip Bessom Lewis, Sr. Called as President
1851 – 1855 See Missionaries
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Started On 1851
Called
Ended On 1855
Released
Silas Schellinger Smith Called as President
1855 July 24 – 1857 October 6 See Missionaries
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Started On 1855 July 24
Called
Ended On 1857 October 6
Departed from Field
Henry William Bigler Called as President
1857 April 22 – 1858 October See Missionaries
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Started On 1857 April 22
Set Apart
Ended On 1858 October
Arrived at Home
Lorenzo Snow Called as President
1864 March 2 – June See Missionaries
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Started On 1864 March 2
Departed from Home
Ended On 1864 June
Released
Joseph F. Smith Called as President
1864 March 2 – October 2 See Missionaries
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Started On 1864 March 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1864 October 2
Released
Alma Lamoni Smith Called as President
1864 October 2 – 1868 June 15 See Missionaries
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Started On 1864 October 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1868 June 15
Arrived at Home
George Nebeker II Called as President
1865 May 1 – 1873 June See Missionaries
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Started On 1865 May 1
Set Apart
Ended On 1873 June
Released
Frederick Augustus Herman Frank Mitchell Called as President
1873 May 19 – 1875 February 23 See Missionaries
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Started On 1873 May 19
Set Apart
Ended On 1875 February 23
Arrived at Home
Alma Lamoni Smith Called as President
1874 September 7 – 1876 July 3 See Missionaries
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Started On 1874 September 7
Set Apart
Ended On 1876 July 3
Arrived at Home
Simpson Montgomery Molen Called as President
1876 April 10 – 1879 July 21 See Missionaries
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Started On 1876 April 10
Set Apart
Ended On 1879 July 21
Released
Harvey Harris Cluff Called as President
1879 April 9 – 1882 August 16 See Missionaries
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Started On 1879 April 9
Set Apart
Ended On 1882 August 16
Released
Edward Partridge, Jr. Called as President
1882 April 10 – 1885 March 27 See Missionaries
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Started On 1882 April 10
Set Apart
Ended On 1885 March 27
Arrived at Home
Enoch Farr Called as President
1884 October 13 – 1887 May 30 See Missionaries
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Started On 1884 October 13
Set Apart
Ended On 1887 May 30
Arrived at Home
William Rice King Called as President
1887 – 1890 See Missionaries
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Started On 1887
Called
Ended On 1890
Released
Ward Eaton Pack Called as President
1889 March 5 – 1892 January 5 See Missionaries
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Started On 1889 March 5
Set Apart
Ended On 1892 January 5
Departed from Field
Matthew Noall Called as President
1891 November 13 – 1895 November 30 See Missionaries
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Started On 1891 November 13
Set Apart
Ended On 1895 November 30
Released
Samuel Edwin Woolley Called as President
1895 August 9 – 1919 See Missionaries
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Started On 1895 August 9
Set Apart
Ended On 1919
Released
Elias Wesley Smith Called as President
1919 May 8 – 1923 May 19 See Missionaries
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Started On 1919 May 8
Set Apart
Ended On 1923 May 19
Released
Headquarters Move
1920
Mission home was located at 1124 Kalihi Road, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Occurred On 1920
Eugene Jefferson Neff Called as President
1923 February 2 – 1926 June 8 See Missionaries
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Started On 1923 February 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1926 June 8
Released
William Mark Waddoups Called as President
1926 June 20 – 1930 October 26 See Missionaries
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Started On 1926 June 20
Set Apart
Ended On 1930 October 26
Released
Henry Castle Hadlock Murphy Called as President
1930 August 19 – 1936 May 3 See Missionaries
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Started On 1930 August 19
Set Apart
Ended On 1936 May 3
Arrived at Home
Waldmar Francis Bailey Called as President
1936 June 3 – 1939 July 23 See Missionaries
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Started On 1936 June 3
Set Apart
Ended On 1939 July 23
Released
Roscoe Cleon Cox Called as President
1939 July 15 – 1942 July 4 See Missionaries
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Started On 1939 July 15
Set Apart
Ended On 1942 July 4
Released
Henry Castle Hadlock Murphy Called as President
1944 March 8 – 1947 May 6 See Missionaries
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Started On 1944 March 8
Departed from Home
Ended On 1947 May 6
Released
Media
Hawaiian (1850 - ?) Profile
Latter-day Saints Mission Home, Hawaiian Islands
Missionaries in Hawaii
Meetinghouse on Maui
Hilo Mission Home, 1922
Honolulu Mission Home, 1922
The Mission Home in Laie, Hawaii, Circa 1908