Alexis Bachelot
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Alexis Bachelot, SS.CC., was a Catholic priest best known for his tenure as the first Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands. In that role, he led the first permanent Catholic mission to the Kingdo
Alexis Bachelot
Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in 2006
1816 painting of Queen Kaʻahumanu, who deported Bachelot from Hawaii in 1831
Portrait of the young King Kamehameha III
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is the mother church and cathedral of the Diocese of Honolulu.
Alexis Bachelot
…rented structures, saying their first mass on the island in a grass hut. They later built a chapel on a small plot of land they purchased, where the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace was dedicated in 1843. After settling on the island, the group avoided drawing attention to themselves and studied the Hawaiian language. During their…
Façade from the North
Drawing 1843, with domed tower
Between 1883 and 1905
c. 1900