This is a list of missionaries to Hawaii. Before European exploration, the Hawaiian religion was brought from Tahiti by Paʻao according to oral tradition. Notable missionaries with written records below are generally Christian.
Several groups were sent from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The first company arrived on March 30, 1820 on the Thaddeus from Boston:
Rev. Hiram Bingham I (1789–1869), father of Hiram Bingham II and grandfather of Hiram Bingham III
Rev. Asa Thurston (1787–1868), grandfather of businessman and politician Lorrin A. Thurston
Lucy Goodale, wife of Asa Thurston
Rev. Samuel Ruggles (1795–1871), who brought the first Kona coffee trees to Hawaii in 1828
Elisha Loomis (1799–1836), the first printer in Hawaii
Samuel Whitney (1793–1845), father of Henry Martyn Whitney
Mercy Partridge (1795–1872), wife of Samuel Whitney
Thomas Holman (1793–1826), doctor
Lucia Ruggles Holman (1793–1886), wife of Thomas Holman and sister to Samuel Ruggles
From the London Missionary Society April 15, 1822 on the Prince Regent from England:
Rev. William Ellis (1794–1872), who returned in 1823, toured the islands, and published a book about the tour
The second ABCFM company arrived on April 23, 1823 on the Thames from New Haven:
Rev. Charles Samuel Stewart, who published a journal
Betsey Stockton (1798–1865), the first African American and unmarried female missionary
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Goodrich, who founded the Hilo Station
Rev. William Richards (1793–1847)
Clarissa Lyman, wife of William Richards
Rev. Artemas Bishop
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Artemas Bishop
Louisa Everst and James Ely, who founded Kealakekua Church
The third ABCFM company arrived on March 30, 1828 on the Parthian from Boston:
Rev. Lorrin Andrews (1795–1868), founder of Lahainaluna Seminary and judge
Dr. Gerrit P. Judd (1803–1873), physician and diplomat
Theodosia Arnold (1792–1859) and Rev. Jonathan Smith Green (1796–1878), who founded Makawao Union Church
Rev. Peter Johnson Gulick (1796–1877)
Fanny Hinckley Thomas (1798–1883), wife of Peter Gulick
Mary Ward, teacher, (1799–1834), married Edmund Horton Rogers as his second wife
The fourth ABCFM company arrived June 7, 1831 on the New England from New Bedford:
Rev. Dwight Baldwin (1798–1886), physician on Maui island
Rev. Sheldon Dibble (1809–1845), historian and Bible translator
The fifth ABCFM company arrived May 17, 1832 on the Averick from Boston:
Rev. William P. Alexander and wife Mary Ann McKinney (1810–1888), whose son founded Alexander & Baldwin
Rev. Richard Armstrong (1805–1860), various missions, second pastor of Kawaiahaʻo Church, and wife Clarissa Chapman (1805–1891)
Alonzo Chapin (1805–1876), physician, and wife Mary Ann Tenney (1804–1885)
Rev. John S. Emerson (1800–1867), and wife Ursula Sophia Newell (1806–1888)
Rev. Cochran Forbes (1805–1880), the founder of Kealakekua Church in 1833, and wife Rebecca Duncan Smith (1805–1878)
Rev. Harvey Rexford Hitchcock (1800–1855), who founded the first church on Molokaʻi island, and wife Rebecca Howard (1808–1890)
Rev. David Belden Lyman (1803–1868), who founded the Hilo Boarding School, and wife Sarah Joiner (1806–1885)
Rev. Lorenzo Lyons (1807–1886), who built Imiola Church in Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii, and his first wife Betsy Curtis (1813–1837)
Edmund Horton Rogers (1806–1853), printer
Rev. Ephraim Spaulding (1802–1840), who built the house at Waineʻe Church, and wife Julia Brooks (1810–1898)
The sixth ABCFM company arrived on May 1, 1833 on the Mentor:
Rev. John Diell (1808–1841) and wife Caroline Platt (1807–1901)
Lemuel Fuller (1810–?), printer
Rev. Benjamin Wyman Parker (1803–1877) and wife Mary Elizabeth Barker (1805-?)
Rev. Lowell Smith (1802–1891) and wife Abba Willis Tenney (1809–1885), the grandparents of industrialist Walter F. Dillingham
The seventh ABCFM company arrived on June 6, 1835 on the Hellespont:
Miss Lydia Brown (1780–1865), teacher
Rev. Titus Coan (1808–1881), first pastor of Haili Church in Hilo and first wife Fidelia Church (1810–1872)
Henry Dimond (1808–1895), bookbinder, and wife Ann Maria Anner (1808–1893)
Edwin Oscar Hall (1810–1883), printer, and first wife Sarah Lyons Williams (1812–1876)
Miss Elizabeth M. Hitchcock (1802–1857), teacher, married Edmund Horton Rogers as his second wife
The eighth ABCFM company arrived on April 9, 1837 on the Mary Frasier from Boston:
Physician Seth Lathrop Andrews (1809–1892) and wife Parnelly Pierce (1807–1846)
Teacher Edward Bailey (1814–1903) and wife Caroline Hubbard (1814–1894)
Rev. Isaac Bliss (1804–1851) and wife Emily Curtis (1811–1865)
Samuel Northrup Castle (1808–1894), who co-founded Castle & Cooke, and first wife Angeline Tenney (1810–1841)
Rev. Daniel Toll Conde (1807–1897) and wife Andelucia Lee (1810–1855)
Amos Starr Cooke (1810–1871) and wife Juliette Montague (1812–1896), who founded the Royal School in Honolulu
Rev. Mark Ives (1809–1885) and wife Mary Ann Brainerd (1810–1882)
Teacher Edward Johnson (1813–1867) and wife Lois S. Hoyt (1809–1891)
Teacher Horton Owen Knapp (1813–1845) and wife Charlotte Close (1813–1846)
Rev. Thomas Lafon (1801–1876) and wife Sophia Louisa Parker (1812–1844)
Teacher Edwin Locke (1813–1843) and wife Martha Laurens Rowell (1812–1842)
Teacher Charles MacDonald (1812–1839) and wife Harriet Treadwell Halstead (1810–1881)
Teacher Bethuel Munn (1803–1849) and wife Louisa Clark (1810–1841)
Miss Marcia M. Smith (1806–1896), teacher
Miss Lucia Garratt Smith (1808–1892), teacher, later married to as his second wife Lorenzo Lyons
Teacher William Sanford Van Duzee (1811–1883) and Oral Hobart (1814–1891)
Teacher Abner Wilcox (1808–1869) and wife Lucy Eliza Hart (1814–1869)
The ninth ABCFM company arrived on May 21, 1841 on the Gloucester:
Rev. Elias Bond (1813–1896), founded Kalahikiola Church and Kohala Seminary, and wife Ellen Mariner Howell (1817–1881)
Rev. Daniel Dole (1808–1878), who founded of Punahou School, and first wife Emily Hoyt Ballard (1808–1844), parents of Sanford B. Dole, who became president of the Republic of Hawaii
Rev. John Davis Paris (1809–1892), who founded Kahikolu Church and Hale Halawai O Holualoa, and first wife Mary Grant (1807–1847)
William Harrison Rice (1813–1862) and Mary Sophia Hyde (1816–1911), parents of William Hyde Rice, who became royal governor of Kauai
Two Hawaiian seamen, Joseph and Levi, served as translators
The tenth ABCFM company arrived on September 24, 1842 on the Sarah Abagail from Boston:
Rev. George Berkeley Rowell (1815–1884) and wife Malvina Jerusha Chapin (1816–1901)
Physician James William Smith (1810–1887) and teacher Millicent Knapp (1816–1891), parents of William Owen Smith (1848–1929)
Arrived on October 19, 1842 on the Sarah Abagail from New York:
Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon (1815–1885) and Julia Sherman Mills (1817–1890), parents of Samuel Mills Damon. Samuel Damon was the publisher of "The Friend".
Arrived on September 21, 1843 from Boston, originally intended on going to Oregon:
Rev. Asa Bowen Smith (1809–1886) and wife Sarah Gilbert White (1813–1855)
The eleventh ABCFM company arrived July 15, 1844 on the Globe from Boston:
Rev. Claudius Buchanan Andrews (1818–1877)
Rev. Timothy Dwight Hunt (1840–1895) and wife Mary Hedges (died 1857)
Rev. John Fawcett Pogue (1814–1877)
Rev. Eliphalet Whittlesey (1816–1889) and wife Elizabeth Keane Baldwin (1821–1876)
The twelfth ABCFM company arrived February 26, 1848 on the Samoset from Boston:
Rev. Samuel Gelston Dwight (1815–1880), stationed in Kaluaaha
Rev. Henry Kinney (1816–1854) and wife Maria Louisa Walsworth (1822–1858), who later married Benjamin Pitman after her husband's death
Arrived in 1854, intended for Micronesia on the Chaica:
Jane Stobie (1827–1904) and William Cornelius Shipman (1824–1861)
Other groups:
Thomas Nettleship Staley (1823–1898), the first Anglican bishop, arrived in 1862
Merriman Colbert Harris (1846–1921), the first Methodist bishop
David Malo (1793–1853), historian, built Kilolani Church
Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia, who traveled via China to New England to inspire ACFM
James Kekela, first ordained Hawaiian Protestant minister
Bartimeus Lalana Puaʻaiki, first Hawaiian licensed to preach
Thomas Hopu, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the first ABCFM company
John Honolii, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the first ABCFM company
William Kanui, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the first ABCFM company
William Kamooula, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the second ABCFM company
Richard Kalaioulu, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the second ABCFM company
Kupelii, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the second ABCFM company
George Tyler Kielaa, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the third ABCFM company
Samuel J. Mills Paloo, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the third ABCFM company
John E. Phelps Kalaaauluna, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the third ABCFM company
Stephen Popohe, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the second ABCFM company
Henry Tahiti, educated at Foreign Mission School and assisted the third ABCFM company
Tute Tehuiariʻi, accompanied Ellis of the London Missionary Society, chaplain to Hawaiian royalty and father of Manaiula Tehuiarii
Taua, accompanied Ellis of the London Missionary Society
Taʻamotu, female teacher, accompanied Ellis of the London Missionary Society
Toteta, Tahitian teacher
Auna, Tahitian teacher
Daniel Kahikona, Tahitian teacher
Arrived in 1827 on La Comète from France on an invitation issued by Jean Baptiste Rives:
Father Alexis Bachelot, SS.CC. (1796–1837), with Fathers Patrick Short, SS.CC., and Abraham Armand, SS.CC., and six lay Brothers of the Congregation
Subsequent bishops and priests:
Bishop Etienne Jerome Rouchouze, SS.CC. (?–1843), lost at sea
Bishop Louis Desiré Maigret, SS.CC. (1804–1882)
Bishop Herman Koeckemann, SS.CC. (1828–1892)
Bishop Gulstan Ropert, SS.CC. (1839–1903)
Father Damien de Veuster, SS.CC., (1840–1889), canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in 2009 for dedicating his life to the care of leprosy victims on Molokai, eventually succumbing to the disease himself
Bishop Libert H. Boeynaems, SS.CC. (1857–1926)
Bishop Stephen Alencastre, SS.CC. (1876–1940)
Also:
Mother Marianne Cope, O.S.F., (1838–1918), who led a group of Sisters from her religious congregation in answer to a plea by the King for nursing care of leprosy victims, and who eventually went to Molokai to help Father Damien in his last days and continue his work; beatified by the Catholic Church in 2005, canonized in October 2012
Protopresbyter Jacob Korchinsky (1861–1941), founded the Russian Orthodox Mission in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1915. He was executed by Soviet authorities in August 1941. He is under consideration for sainthood in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Archimandrite Innokenty Dronoff (+1930s to 1940s), served the Russian Orthodox Community in the Hawaiian Islands in the 1930s to 1940s. His final resting place is unknown. He was based primarily out of Hilo, Hawaii.
