Alexis Bachelot
Alexis Bachelot was born in Saint-Cyr-la-Rosière, Orne, France on February 22, 1796. In 1813, he professed at the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, taking the name Alexis. He led the first permanent Catholic mission to Hawaii, arriving in 1827. He was deported in 1831 on the orders of the Kuhina Nui of Hawaii. His treatment in...