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71-827: The mother church of the Diocese of Honolulu is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu. As of 2023, the bishop of Honolulu is Clarence Silva . The patron saint of the Diocese of Honolulu is the Blessed Virgin Mary , under the title of Malia O Ka Malu or Our Lady Queen of Peace . Other saints associated with the diocese include Damien De Veuster and Marianne Cope . The diocese ministers to Hawaiian , English, Ilokano, Tagalog , Samoan, Tongan , Japanese, Korean , Spanish, and Vietnamese congregants. In 1825, Pope Leo XII established

142-547: A $ 15M campaign was initiated by the fifth and current bishop, Clarence Richard Silva , to renovate the cathedral emulating the appearance of the later 1800s during the time of Damien de Veuster . The "renewal" project also includes installing replica oil-paintings of the Stations of the Cross that were present in the cathedral during the time period, " oil lamp " chandeliers, and confessionals . Other major plans include building

213-645: A canonical decree of excommunication to six individuals in that group in 1991. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger , prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , reversed the excommunications. Ferrario retired in 1993. In 1994, John Paul II, appointed Auxiliary Bishop Francis DiLorenzo from the Diocese of Scranton as the fourth Bishop of Honolulu. He served in Honolulu until his appointed as bishop of

284-488: A fort to protect the entrance to the harbor. In 1997, the largest and most crucial of Oahu’s and the State’s commercial harbors was Honolulu Harbor.  Honolulu has become a historical Hawaiian town and transformed into the state’s capital city mainly due to its status as the world-famous port.  The city title was taken from the harbor, which serves as the center of the state’s corporate and commercial operations as well as

355-581: A new cathedral. Stymied by the Great Depression of 1929, the project was cancelled. Instead, he established the present-day Romanesque revival style for the cathedral. The Gothic porch was replaced by a portico of doric columns . New stained-glass windows from Germany were installed. The Italian government presented a gift of a new Carrara marble altar with statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph , in anticipation for

426-511: A new chapel that will house the relics of both St. Damien de Veuster and St. Marianne Cope . By 2018, at the hundred seventy-fifth anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral, Silva removed the screen and returned the altar back to an extensively renovated sanctuary area. The pews were also positioned back to their ad orientem direction. Four of the fourteen stained-glass windows were repaired and refurbished in Omaha . A few years later,

497-546: A new larger bell . Maigret had built the first domed bell tower in the Hawaiian Islands, but he would later replace it with a wooden spire topped with a globus cruciger and a stationary rooster finial in 1866, often mistaken for a weather vane . In the 1870s, after returning from the First Vatican Council , Maigret was inspired to continue improvements to the cathedral. In 1871, the low roof

568-510: A new, more logical order of placement in accordance with the Litany of the Saints . In one of the most drastic changes yet, pews were re-arranged to face each other while the altar and ambo were positioned in the center aisle in 1993. A eucharistic devotional area was created in front of the tabernacle and a semitransparent screen was raised to separate it from the rest of the church. The cathedra of

639-564: A priority and built many schools. Koeckemann also saw the rise of leprosy cases throughout the kingdom. Kamehameha III ordered all leprosy patients to confine themselves to the Kalaupapa Leper Colony on the island of Molokai . In 1873, Reverend Damien De Veuster went to Kalaupapa to minister to these people. Sister Marianne Cope and six sisters of St Francis arrived in Hawaii in 1883 from Syracuse, New York , to operated

710-585: A rented lot. On August 30, 1827, the missionaries acquired a royal land grant from 14-year-old King Kamehameha III with the help from the Catholic governor of Oahu, high chief Boki . On this property, in January 1828, the French erected the first Catholic church in Hawaii where the sanctuary of the cathedral is today. However, King Kamehameha III under pressure by both American Protestant missionaries and

781-552: A symbol of its final acceptance of the Catholic Church. It was the church in which Damien de Veuster was ordained to the presbyterate on May 21, 1864, the starting point in the ministry of Mother Marianne Cope in Hawaii on November 8, 1883, and also the church where the Requiem Mass for Joseph Kahahawai was conducted in 1932. It is the oldest existing building in the downtown area of Honolulu . Considering

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852-524: Is the mother church and cathedral of the Diocese of Honolulu . The first Catholic missionaries to Hawaii, three priests of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (also known as the Society of Picpus), arrived in Honolulu from France on July 7, 1827. Apostolic prefect Alexis Bachelot celebrated the first recorded Catholic Mass on Hawaiian soil on July 14 in a grass hut on

923-787: The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore , completed in 1821, was a co-cathedral throughout its history. The current Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans was completed in 1850 after the Great New Orleans Fire destroyed the original 1727 church in 1788. The Royal Presidio Chapel , completed in 1791, was designated a pro-cathedral in 1849. Following

994-557: The City & County of Honolulu was developed and urbanized, in an outward fashion, over the course of the modern history of the island of Oahu . It includes Matson, Inc. harbors on Sand Island . Archaeological surveys show that the area around Honolulu Harbor was bustling with human activity prior to 1100. The first European vessel to enter Honolulu Harbor was a long-boat from the British merchant ship King George . The boat rowed into

1065-438: The Diocese of Richmond in 2004. Monsignor Clarence Silva of San Francisco became the first native-born bishop of Honolulu, named by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. Over 3,500 attended his consecration, making it one of the largest events ever held by the diocese. Silva was a principal promoter for the causes of sainthood for Damien De Veuster and Marianne Cope. Silva travelled to Kalaupapa in 2005 to pay homage to them. Damien

1136-505: The Edict of Toleration on June 17, 1839, creating freedom of religious expression . As reparation, Kamehameha III gave the first Roman Catholic missionaries under the leadership of Vicar Apostolic Étienne Rouchouze , a piece of the royal estate on which to build the first Roman Catholic church in the kingdom and $ 20,000 in compensation for the deportation of priests and the incarceration and torture of converts. The 1840 Constitution of

1207-518: The Kuhina Nui , Kaʻahumanu , Catholic priests were expelled from the islands between 1829 and 1839 to thwart any French or Catholic influence. During this “dark decade” of anti-Catholic persecution, foreign priests were deported and not allowed to come to shore, and known converts were tortured and imprisoned. Under the threat of force from the French government, the Hawaiian government issued

1278-614: The Native Hawaiian community and began preaching to them. They distributed Hawaiian language Bibles. Hundreds of Native Hawaiians were baptised. The first converts included Kalanimoku , chief minister of the kingdom, Boki and Liliha. The American Congregationalist missionaries in Hawaii were alarmed at the growth of Catholicism in the islands. They influenced Kaʻahumanu to persuade King Kamehameha III to enact repressive policies against Catholics. The king expelled Bachelot and Short in 1831 and banned other priests from entering

1349-802: The Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands , a part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Oriental Oceania . He tasked the Picpus Order with evangelizing the Kingdom of Hawaii (then known as the Sandwich Islands). Leo XII appointed the missionary Reverend Alexis Bachelot as its prefect. Bachelot and two other Picpus priests, Reverend Abraham Armand and Reverend Patrick Short , arrived in Honolulu in

1420-553: The Requiem Mass ( funeral ) of Bishop Louis-Désiré Maigret in 1882, his body was carried in procession to the King Street Cemetery but was not buried there. His final resting place goes unrecorded for 100 years until his tomb is discovered under the sanctuary of the cathedral during renovations in 1981. Other vicar apostolics were buried at the King Street Cemetery. The only other bishop buried at

1491-548: The Second Vatican Council . These ideas, which claimed to follow the " spirit of the council ," inaugurated controversial changes in the architectural standards of churches worldwide, which some Catholics dub a " wreckovation ". Sweeney, a council father at the Second Vatican Council, ordered for the communion rails to be removed and a freestanding altar constructed to allow a priest to face

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1562-442: The sacraments of baptism , confirmation , and first Eucharist . The cornerstone of the building was ceremonially laid on August 6, 1840. Construction continued after groundbreaking with native Hawaiian volunteers harvesting blocks of coral from the shores of Ala Moana , Kakaʻako , and Waikīkī . Down the street, Congregationalist missionaries had earlier begun the construction of Kawaiahaʻo Church . On August 15, 1843,

1633-525: The Aloha Tower was dedicated, Honolulu was already a popular vacation destination for wealthy American and European families. They traveled on Matson steamers that docked at the Aloha Tower and were greeted by Hawaiian music , hula performers and leis . In 1982, the Hawaiʻi Maritime Center was opened near the Aloha Tower in an old royal pier to present the history of Honolulu Harbor and

1704-571: The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. The diocese has leased some of the campus to commercial entities. The Century Square building, a modern skyscraper at 1188 Bishop Street, is rented as office and residential space. Finance Factors is a minority landowner where the Finance Factors building sits. Plans are in place for a new affordable housing development for seniors where the parish hall used to stand. Directly beneath

1775-468: The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace was consecrated and dedicated, and about 800 people received holy communion . When Louis Désiré Maigret inherited the church, the interior was furnished with a simple wooden altar , communion rail and pulpit . Instead of pews , the native Hawaiians preferred to sit on the floor covered in lauhala mats. Maigret had purchased a tower clock and cathedra , and

1846-482: The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts in their Paris convent . When Libert Hubert John Louis Boeynaems inherited the church in 1903, he idealized the cathedral to be like the more famous Gothic churches of his native Europe, perhaps motivated by the nearby Anglican St. Andrew's Cathedral which was completed in 1902. He commissioned the construction of an elaborate porch which was completed in 1910. However,

1917-468: The Gothic endeavor became too costly to complete. Instead, he replaced the termite damaged wooden floors with cement and the wooden spire with a concrete bell tower topped with the original orb and cross installed by Maigret. In 1926, Stephen Peter Alencastre assumed the episcopacy of the Hawaiian Islands. Not long after his appointment, Alencastre purchased land at the base of Punchbowl Crater to build

1988-636: The HMP) On September 11, 1926, after five years of construction, the Aloha Tower was officially dedicated at Pier 9 of Honolulu Harbor. The tallest building in Hawaiʻi at that time, the Aloha Tower became a guiding beacon for vessels. Just as the Statue of Liberty greeted thousands of immigrants each year to New York City , the Aloha Tower greeted thousands of immigrants to Honolulu. By the time

2059-652: The Hawaiian Islands. The first Catholic church in Hilo on the Island of Hawaii , Saint Martin of Tours, was completed in 1848. Maigret completed the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. He also invited the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and priests and religious brothers of the Society of Mary (Marianists) to open schools in the kingdom. The first permanent church on Maui, Maria Lanakila ,

2130-891: The Hawaiian families of men who fought in the Spanish–American War of 1898 and the Philippine–American War of 1899 to 1902. In 1900, the Republic of Hawaii was admitted to the United States as the Territory of Hawaiʻi . Ropert died in 1903. The next vicar apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands was Monsignor Libert Boeynaems , appointed by Leo XIII in 1903. With the establishment of Naval Station Pearl Harbor in 1900, Fort Shafter in 1907, and Schofield Barracks in 1908 Boeynaems started ministering to many Catholics in

2201-655: The Hawaiian government forced them back on their ship. The American and British consuls, with the assistance of the Royal Navy and the French Navy , forced Kamehameha III to allow Bachelot and Short to disembark. In July 1839, the French Navy frigate Artemise sailed into Honolulu Harbor . Captain Cyrille Laplace had been ordered by his government to: ''...to make it well understood that it would be to

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2272-515: The Kingdom of Hawaii enshrined religious liberty. The missionaries broke ground for the new church on July 9, 1840 coinciding with the Feast of Our Lady of Peace , patroness saint of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts and dedicated their first church in the new land under this title of the Virgin Mary. A Mass was celebrated on the day of groundbreaking and 280 native Hawaiians received

2343-501: The Kingdom. After the priests' departure, many Native Hawaiian converts complained of being imprisoned, beaten and tortured. Commodore John Downes of the United States Navy USS ; Potomac intervened on the converts' behalf with Kamehameha III, stopping the mistreatment. In 1835, Vicar Apostolic Étienne Rouchouze and Bachelot dispatched Columba Murphy , a Picpus religious brother, to Hawaii to evaluate

2414-520: The US Armed Forces. To assist Boeynaems, Pope Pius XI appointed Stephen Alencastre in 1924 as coadjutor vicar apostolic . After Boeynaems died in 1926, Alencastre automatically became the next vicar apostolic. He also oversaw the renovation of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, modernizing it in time for the centennial celebration of the Catholic Church in Hawaii in 1927. Alencastre died in 1940. Pope Pius XII in 1941 suppressed

2485-653: The Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands, replacing it with the Diocese of Honolulu. He appointed Monsignor James Joseph Sweeney of San Francisco as the first bishop of Honolulu. The diocese established the Saint Stephen Diocesan Seminary in Kalihi Valley in 1946. Motivated by the reforms of the Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s, Sweeney renovated the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in keeping with

2556-492: The accuser in an appearance in 1990 on the Geraldo TV show. He sued the diocese in 1991. By 2013, two more men had filed lawsuits, accusing Ferrario of sexual abuse when they were children. In 2003, Bishop DiLorenzo removed Reverend Roberto Batoon as pastoral administrator of Molokai Catholic Community, a cluster of parishes on the Island of Molokai . Batoon had been accused of sexual abuse by several individuals when he

2627-651: The advantage of the chiefs of those islands of the Ocean to conduct themselves in such a manner as not to incur the wrath of France.'' Fearing a French assault, Kamehameha III issued the Edict of Toleration in July 1839, granting religious freedom to all Catholics in Hawaii. Shortly after the Edict of Toleration was issued, Rouchouze arrived in Honolulu with three Picpus priests, including the previously exiled Louis Maigret . The priests broke ground on Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu,

2698-426: The bishop was placed in front of this screen and the sedia , or the chair of the priest-celebrant, was positioned among the pews. Francis X. DiLorenzo , fourth bishop of Honolulu hired architects to draft plans for an expansion of the cathedral but never progressed. DiLorenzo's capital improvement projects included the replacement of the flooring with stone tiles and installation of new sound systems. In 2010,

2769-563: The campus is a cavernous basin dug by early missionaries as a freshwater well. It is now leased to a private company which operates it as an underground public parking lot . Honolulu Harbor Honolulu Harbor , also called Kulolia and Ke Awa O Kou and the Port of Honolulu, is the principal seaport of Honolulu and the State of Hawaiʻi in the United States . From the harbor,

2840-433: The canonization of St. Damien. The privileges attached to the status of minor basilica include the right of the umbraculum (ceremonial canopy) and the tintinnabulum (ceremonial bell), which were carried in procession and installed at this inaugural Mass. The first pipe organ , installed shortly after the cathedral was built, came from France and had one manual and a pedal clavier . The second organ, fitted in 1885,

2911-550: The cathedral is John Joseph Scanlan who was buried in an adjacent space near Maigret after his death in 1997. Four additional spaces were created for future prelates in the renovations that were completed in 2018. The mortal remains of St. Marianne Cope were enshrined on July 31, 2014. The Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities announced that they were closing their motherhouse in Syracuse where

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2982-424: The celebration of the centennial of the arrival of the first Roman Catholic missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands. In 1940, steel trusses and concrete buttresses were added to support the terra cotta tiled roof that were installed in 1926. James Joseph Sweeney , was the first bishop of newly formed Diocese of Honolulu . In 1956, Bishop Sweeney made some significant changes to the interior. The wooden crucifix

3053-448: The congregation during Mass instead of ad orientem as indicated in the changes to the new Roman Missal . The elevated canopied pulpit was also removed in favor of a simple lectern to serve as an ambo . The ideology of this time encouraged churches to use native cultural implements in church architecture. Koa wood wainscot along the walls and heavy koa wood doors were installed. The cathedral had become too small to accommodate

3124-416: The construction of mission churches and schools. He imported a printing press to Honolulu to produce missals and hymnals in the Hawaiian language . St. Raphael's Parish was established on the Island of Kauai in 1841, the first Catholic church there In January 1842, Rouchouze set sail to France to recruit more Picpus priests and brothers to serve in Hawaii. However, his ship was lost at sea. In 1846,

3195-588: The current waterfront and along the docks near the Aloha Tower adjacent to Alakea Street and Nimitz Highway. Honolulu Harbor is administered by the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Harbors Division. Honolulu Harbor handles over 11 million tons of cargo annually. The services that the harbor provides are crucial as Hawaiʻi imports over eighty percent of its required goods. Costs of completed projects Costs & ongoing projects Overall spending for staff Relocations of Honolulu Harbor tenants (Related to

3266-492: The earliness of its construction date, it is also of considerable aesthetic value and is unique in its architectural design in Hawaii. The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace was placed on the Hawaii Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is said to be the oldest cathedral in continuous use in the United States . Though older,

3337-454: The first Catholic priest arrived on the island of Maui . Five years after Rouchouze's disappearance, the Vatican decided in 1847 to elevate the prefecture of the Sandwich Islands to the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands. Pope Pius IX appointed Maigret in 1847 as the first vicar apostolic of the Sandwich Islands. The next year, the vicariate was renamed the Vicariate Apostolic of

3408-520: The first baptism in November 1825. The priests began their missionary work, but encountered suspicion from most chiefs. The priests had problems communicating their intentions as none of them was fluent in English or Hawaiian. However, the priests received support from the high chief Boki , the royal governor of Oahu, and his wife Kuini Liliha . The Picpus priests learned the local language, went into

3479-472: The first permanent church in Hawaii, in 1840. As an act of reconciliation, Kamehameha III had donated land for the church. During the groundbreaking mass, 280 Native Hawaiian catechumens received the sacraments of baptism and confirmation . For the rest of 1840, devotees harvested large blocks of coral off the Oahu coastline to build the future Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Rouchouze commissioned

3550-588: The harbor on December 12, 1786, commanded by a Mr. Hayward and piloted by Towanooha, servant of a friendly Hawaiian priest. In 1794, Butterworth , a British ship commanded by Captain William Brown, entered the harbor by "warping" in. The crew dubbed it "Brown's Harbor" to their captain's dismay. Captain Brown insisted that the harbor be called "Fair Haven", which is synonymous with the Hawaiian name Honolulu . In 1850, Kamehameha III declared Honolulu to be

3621-428: The humble grass hut into a European-styled church before dying in 1882. The cathedral would remain rather unchanged for the next two decades. In December 1893, on the sixty-second anniversary of the first expulsion from the Hawaiian Islands of the first prefect apostolic, Msgr. Gulstan Ropert dedicated a large bronze statue of Our Lady of Peace, a recreation of an original 16th century wooden carving still venerated by

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3692-425: The increased population since its vicariate apostolic times. Joseph Anthony Ferrario , the third bishop of the diocese, successfully petitioned Pope John Paul II to elevate Saint Theresa Catholic Church to a co-cathedral in 1984. Meanwhile, Ferrario was also responsible for sending the thirty-six statuettes of saints back to France to be professionally preserved. When the statues returned, they were placed in

3763-558: The land was formerly used as a boarding and day school in the late 1800s – the predecessor institution of Saint Louis School . The campus includes the Diocesan Chancery which houses the offices of the bishop and vicar general , as well as the Hawaiʻi Catholic Herald newspaper. The same high-rise building also houses the rectory , the office and residence of the rector, the parochial vicar and other priests serving

3834-467: The leper colony. Koeckemann died in 1892. In 1892, Leo XIII named Gulstan Ropert as third vicar apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands. One year later, a group of American businessmen, aided by a contingent of United States Marines , overthrew Queen Liliʻuokalani and established a Republic of Hawaii . Many Native Hawaiian Catholics urged Ropert to speak out against Liliʻuokalani being tried for treason , but he remained silent. Ropert provided support to

3905-437: The major tourist attraction for the island’s 884,000 citizens. The harbor was dredged to allow the easy passage of trans-Pacific deepwater sailing vessels. The sediment was dumped in tidelands and marshes , forming new land. As the downtown waterfront was developed and the many high-rises along the waterfront were constructed, early artifacts such as poi pounders, fishing lures and even human remains were unearthed along

3976-417: The newly promulgated Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. Soon all the parishes offered Mass primarily in the vernacular in place of Latin and altars were built facing the congregation instead of the sanctuary wall. Other languages were incorporated into the mass including the Hawaiian language. Sweeney also invited the Marist Fathers and Brothers to staff several parishes on Oahu and Kauai. In 1959, Hawaii

4047-464: The official capital of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. With the proclamation came a series of investments to further develop the harbor to accommodate more vessels. Honolulu Harbor quickly became the chief port of call for the trans-Pacific sandalwood, fur and whaling industries. Foreign vessels that docked at Honolulu Harbor poured vast amounts of wealth into the kingdom's coffers and provided for the well-being of native Hawaiians. The British subsequently built

4118-418: The pillars were repaired and replastered then repainted to mimic marbled stone, and new paintings of saints Damien and Marianne were placed in the sanctuary wall above the high altar. Its perilous beginnings and fruitful growth has left an indelible mark on the history of Hawaii . The cathedral is reminder of the great religious struggles that took place in the Hawaiian Kingdom between 1820 and 1850, and as

4189-422: The remains were originally. The remains are encased in a reliquary near the sanctuary next to the relic of St. Damien. Pope Francis , through the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments , conferred the title of Minor Basilica upon the Cathedral on May 10, 2014, the liturgical memorial of St. Damien . The inaugural Mass was celebrated on October 11, 2014, the fifth anniversary of

4260-602: The situation. Kamehameha II allowed Murphy to enter the kingdom since he was not a priest. After several months, Murphy left to report to his superiors. In 1836, Bachelot sent Arsenius Walsh to Honolulu to continue Murphy's work. Kamehameha III initially refused Walsh's entry, but a French naval officer persuaded the king to let him stay. Kamehameha III also agreed to permit the Picpus Fathers to work freely in Hawaii so long as they only ministered to foreigners. In April 1837, Bachelot and Short sailed into Honolulu, thinking that they were now allowed back. However, two weeks later,

4331-430: The summer of 1825. However, the Hawaiian royalty had converted to Protestantism four years earlier. Queen Kaʻahumanu ordered the priests deported, but the ship captain refused to take them because he had received no payment for their passage. After a two-day standoff, Kaʻahumanu allowed the three priests to remain in Hawaii. When the three priests finally disembarked, they were joined by six lay brothers. They performed

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4402-436: Was Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Ferrario of Honolulu, selected by Pope John Paul II in 1982. Ferrario revamped major diocesan offices and appointed pastors to parishes that were supportive of his vision of implementing the Second Vatican Council . Ferrario's harshest critics were the conservative followers of the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre 's Society of Saint Pius X . Ferrario, through his judicial vicar, Joseph Bukoski, issued

4473-533: Was a priest in the Philippines . In April 2020, Bishop Silva announced during a Sunday mass that the diocese was paying millions to settle prior sex abuse cases. Silva also acknowledged that the diocese was still facing a large of number of sex abuse lawsuits as well. Louis Desire Maigret , SS.CC. (1847–1848) 21°18′32″N 157°49′34″W  /  21.30889°N 157.82611°W  / 21.30889; -157.82611 Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace

4544-609: Was admitted as a state. Sweeney died in 1968. Pope Paul VI in 1954 appointed Auxiliary Bishop John Scanlan of Honolulu as the second bishop of Honolulu. Scanlan invited the Society of Jesus , the Christian Brothers of Ireland, the Religious of the Virgin Mary , and the Dominican Sisters of Iloilo to enter the diocese. The Jesuits primarily ministered to the students of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa . Five Marianist priests established St. Louis Junior College in Honolulu in 1955, which later became Chaminade University of Honolulu . Scanlan retired in 1981. The next bishop of Honolulu

4615-517: Was built in England as the gift of parishioner Godfrey Rhodes , featuring great , swell , and pedal organs. The large statue of Saint Cecilia , patroness of sacred music, was placed on the casing in front of the organ in 1906. The third and present one, Opus 916, consists of great, swell, choir , and pedal organs installed in the choir loft by organ-builder Alfred G. Tickner of the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company of Boston . It features 3 manuals, 37 stops, 33 ranks, and 2,159 pipes. This instrument

4686-437: Was canonized in 2009 and Cope in 2012. As of 2023, Silva is the bishop of Honolulu. In 1989, David Figueroa anonymously accused Bishop Ferrario of sexually abusing him when he was a young child in Kailua . Figueroa said that the abuse continued after Ferrario became bishop. Ferrario denied the accusations and noted that the Vatican had previously investigated them, deciding that they were not valid. Figueroa revealed himself as

4757-426: Was dedicated in 1858. Maigret died in 1882. Pope Leo XIII named Bernard Koeckemann as the second vicar apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands. During his episcopate, over 16,000 Catholic Portuguese workers arrived in Hawaii to work on the sugarcane plantations . Given the simultaneous decline in the Native Hawaiian population, Koeckemann focused his evangelism efforts on the new immigrants. He made Catholic education

4828-418: Was done to install a French marble altar which had a poignant backdrop scene of Calvary . It was crowned by the gilded statues of the Virgin Mary , Saint Joachim and Saint Anne . The clock, which was originally positioned at the base of the tower, was now fitted on the back wall after the roof was raised and remains the oldest clock in Hawaii. Throughout his thirty-five years as bishop, Maigret transformed

4899-442: Was removed and replaced with one made of marble, and behind it, the Calvary scene was painted over and a simple fleur-de-lis patterned wallpaper was added. A gothic tester (or " baldachin ") was positioned above the high altar to match the canopy over the cathedra, then a bronze tabernacle and communion rails were fitted. Liturgically innovative ideas in the 1960s and 1970s took hold of some liturgists and theologians after

4970-482: Was replaced with redwood and raised by four feet. A vaulted ceiling with panels of hand-painted gold leaf decorations was installed. A choir loft and galleries overlooking the nave were built to increase the seating capacity and new stained glass windows were added. Thirty-six statuettes of the saints were placed above the gallery overlooking the nave partly as spite towards the Congregationalists and Presbyterians who accused Catholics of idolatry . Extensive work

5041-467: Was solemnly blessed on September 9, 1934, by Msgr. Stephen Alencastre, followed by a dedicatory recital by organist Don George, broadcast over radio station KGU in Honolulu. The church at 1175 Fort Street Mall is just one building in a larger campus owned by the Diocese of Honolulu and purchased during the Hawaiian Kingdom Era from Charles Brewer , Charles Reed Bishop , Julius Anthon, Joseph Carter, Alexander Muir, James Makee and Romila Whiting. Much of

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