Samuela Manoa and Kimo Pelio were the first missionaries sent to Samoa from Hawaii by Walter Murray Gibson. They served for almost fifteen years, until Pelio's death, when Manoa wrote to Hawaii for help. Joseph and Flora Dean were sent to assist them and in 1888 and the Samoan Mission was officially organized.
Mission Founded
1888 June 17
Mission Organized
1888 June 17
Joseph H. and Flora R. Dean arrived in Samoa from the Hawaiian Mission and officially organized the Samoan Mission.
Meetinghouse Built
1888 October 27
A new meetinghouse was completed on Aunuu.
William Orme Lee Called as President
1890 August–1892 February See Missionaries
George Emmett Browning Sr. Called as President
1892 February–1893 November See Missionaries
Ransom Marion Stevens Called as President
1892 March–1894 April See Missionaries
Olonzo David Merrill Called as President
1892 April–1895 August See Missionaries
Alfred Morton Durham Called as President
1893–1897 See Missionaries
Orrin Orlando Barrus Called as President
1893 August–1896 December See Missionaries
John Waldemar Beck Called as President
1895 March–1896 April See Missionaries
Ernest Wright Called as President
1896 March–1899 May See Missionaries
William Lorenzo Worsencroft Called as President
1896 December–1900 February See Missionaries
Headquarters Move
1900
Mission home located at Pasega, Apia, Upolu, Samoa.
Joseph Harris Merrill Called as President
1901 November–1903 January See Missionaries
William Alfred Moody Called as President
1908 February–1910 September See Missionaries
Don Carlos McBride Called as President
1909 June–1912 February See Missionaries
Mission Split
1916 July
The Tongan Mission was officially organized from a division of the Samoan Mission.
Willard Augustus Keith Called as President
1916–1920 See Missionaries
John Quincy Adams Called as President
1919 December–1923 November See Missionaries
Ernest Leroy Butler Called as President
1923 January–1927 February See Missionaries
Gilbert Randall Tingey Called as President
1937 May–1940 September See Missionaries
Wilford Woodruff Emery Called as President
1940 July–1943 June See Missionaries
Earl Stanley Paul Sr. Called as President
1951 April–1953 January See Missionaries
Media
Samoan (1888 - ?) Profile
Samoan (1888 - ?)
Missionaries at Sauniatu
Missionaries in Samoa
Missionaries in Samoa
Dedication of the Chapel at Sauniatu