Hawaiian Mission

Date Formed
1850 December 12
Location Formed
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Ecclesiastical
Organization Area
Pacific
Organization Participants in Database
967

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.

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Hiram Clark Set Apart as Mission President

1850 September – 1851 February 22

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1851 February 22
Departed from the Field

Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1850 December 12

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Occurred On 1850 December 12
Formed

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Ended On 1855
Released

Silas Schellinger Smith Called as Mission President

1855 July 24 – 1857 October 6

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Called
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Ended On 1857 October 6
Departed from the Field

Henry William Bigler Set Apart as Mission President

1857 April 22 – 1858 October

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1858 October
Arrived at Home

Joseph F Smith Set Apart as Mission President

1864 March 2 – October 2

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1864 October 2
Released

Lorenzo Snow Departed from Home as Mission President

1864 March 2 – June

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Ended On 1864 June
Released

Edward Partridge, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President

1882 April 10 – 1885 March 27

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1885 March 27
Arrived at Home

Enoch Farr Set Apart as Mission President

1884 October 13 – 1887 May 30

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Ended On 1887 May 30
Arrived at Home

Elias Wesley Smith Set Apart as Mission President

1919 May 8 – 1923 May 19

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Ended On 1923 May 19
Released

William Mark Waddoups Set Apart as Mission President

1926 June 20 – 1930 October 26

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Set Apart

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Ended On 1930 October 26
Released

Henry Castle Hadlock Murphy Set Apart as Mission President

1930 August 19 – 1936 May 3

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Ended On 1936 May 3
Arrived at Home

Roscoe Cleon Cox Set Apart as Mission President

1939 July 15 – 1942 July 4

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1942 July 4
Released

Henry Castle Hadlock Murphy Departed from Home as Mission President

1944 March 8 – 1947 May 6

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Departed from Home
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Ended On 1947 May 6
Released

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Hawaiian (1850 - ?) Profile
Hawaiian (1850 - ?) Profile
Latter-day Saints Mission Home, Hawaiian Islands
Latter-day Saints Mission Home, Hawaiian Islands
Missionaries in Hawaii
Missionaries in Hawaii
Meetinghouse on Maui
Meetinghouse on Maui
Hilo Mission Home,  1922
Hilo Mission Home, 1922
Honolulu Mission Home,  1922
Honolulu Mission Home, 1922
The Mission Home in Laie, Hawaii, Circa 1908
The Mission Home in Laie, Hawaii, Circa 1908