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Alexis Bachelot SS.CC. (born Jean-Augustin Bachelot; February 22 1796 – December 5 1837) was a Roman 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 Kingdom of Hawaii. Bachelot was raised in France where he attended the Irish College in Paris and was ordained a priest in 1820. He led the first Catholic mission to Hawaii arriving in 1827.
