On May 8, 1844, Saint John the Baptist Church opened its doors nine months after the dedication of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace.

The original stone chapel lasted 12 years until it was destroyed by a windstorm.

[2] Located in the historic Kalihi district across the street from Fort Shafter, the church once served the Native Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Spanish pineapple and sugarcane plantation laborers of the early 1900s.

The current influx of new immigrants come from Samoa, Micronesia, and other Pacific Islands.

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