George Hamilton Pearce (January 9, 1921 – August 30, 2015) was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apia, Samoa, and the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva, Fiji.

He was ordained to the presbyterate on February 3, 1947, by Archbishop (and future Cardinal) Richard Cushing and was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Navigators' Archipelago and Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia on February 29, 1956.

[1] On June 21, 1966, the Holy See elevated the vicariate apostolic to the dignity of a diocese and Pearce became the first Bishop of Apia.

He retired on April 10, 1976, and lived in Providence, Rhode Island where he led a Marian prayer group at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.

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