Apostolic Prefecture of the Sandwich Islands

The Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands or the Sandwich Isles Mission (Latin: Praefectura Apostolica Sandwigiensis in Oceania), was an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church created by Pope Leo XII on November 27, 1825, encompassing the Sandwich Islands (now the state of Hawai‘i) and entrusted to the care of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.^[1] Father Alexis Bachelot, SS.CC., was the only Prefect. The Prefecture was made subject to the newly created Vicariate Apostolic of Oriental Oceania on June 2, 1833.^[2] The present-day successor to the prefecture is the Diocese of Honolulu.

References

^ Girard, Charles (2015). Letters from the Marist missionaries in Oceania 1836-1854. Prudhomme, Claude, 1947-, Laux, Claire, 1969-, Duckworth, Timothy. Adelaide: ISD LLC. ISBN 9781925232806. OCLC 945180001.
^ Wiltgen, Ralph M. (2010). The founding of the Roman Catholic Church in Oceania, 1825-1850. Eugene, Or.: Pickwick Publications. ISBN 978-1608995363. OCLC 649322614.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu

Ordinaries

Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands: Alexis Bachelot

Vicars Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands: Louis Désiré Maigret; Herman Koeckemann; Gulstan Ropert; Libert H. Boeynaems; Stephen Alencastre

Bishops of Honolulu: James Joseph Sweeney; John Joseph Scanlan; Joseph Anthony Ferrario; Francis X. DiLorenzo; Clarence Richard Silva

Churches

Cathedrals: Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace; Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus

Parishes: St. Mary Church, Hana; Sacred Heart Church-Punahou; Saint John the Baptist Church; Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Hawi; St. Joseph Church, Hilo; Holy Trinity Church, Honolulu; Our Lady of the Mount Church, Honolulu; St. Anthony Church, Honolulu; St. Augustine by the Sea Church, Honolulu; St. Patrick Church, Honolulu; Saints Peter and Paul Church, Honolulu; St. Michael the Archangel Church, Kailua-Kona; Star of the Sea Church, Kalapana; St. Ann Church, Kaneohe; St. Theresa Church, Kekaha; St. Raphael Church, Koloa; Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, Kula; Holy Ghost Church, Kula; Maria Lanakila Catholic Church, Lahaina; Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue; St. Joseph Church, Makawao; Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Pearl City; Resurrection of the Lord Church, Waipahu; St. Benedict's Church, Honaunau