Star of the Sea Painted Church

Historic Place in Hawaii County, Hawaii

United States historic place


Star of the Sea Church--Kalapana Painted Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Star of the Sea Painted Church, Kalapana, Hawai'i, built 1927-1928
19°22′22.476″N 154°57′49.752″W / 19.37291000°N 154.96382000°W / 19.37291000; -154.96382000
Built	1931
Architect	Gielen, Evarist, Father
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	97000407^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 14, 1997

The Star of the Sea Painted Church in Kalapana, Hawai'i was built in 1927-1928 under the direction of the Belgian Catholic missionary priest Father Evarist Gielen, who painted the upper section of the church interior.

In 1990, the church was moved to its present location just ahead of an advancing lava flow. It is located on Highway 130 between mile marker 19 and 20.^[2] It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Bohman, Mary Beth, Amy B. Wang and Joyce Eisenberg, Fodor's Big Island of Hawaii, New York, Fodor's Travel Publications, 2007

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church (Kalapana, Hawaii).

Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu

Ordinaries

Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands: Alexis Bachelot

Vicars Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands: Louis Désiré Maigret; Herman Koeckemann; Gulstan Ropert; Libert H. Boeynaems; Stephen Alencastre

Bishops of Honolulu: James Joseph Sweeney; John Joseph Scanlan; Joseph Anthony Ferrario; Francis X. DiLorenzo; Clarence Richard Silva

Churches

Cathedrals: Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace; Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus

Parishes: St. Mary Church, Hana; Sacred Heart Church-Punahou; Saint John the Baptist Chuch; Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Hawi; St. Joseph Church, Hilo; Holy Trinity Church, Honolulu; Our Lady of the Mount Church, Honolulu; St. Anthony Church, Honolulu; St. Augustine by the Sea Church, Honolulu; St. Patrick Church, Honolulu; Saints Peter and Paul Church, Honolulu; St. Michael the Archangel Church, Kailua-Kona; Star of the Sea Church, Kalapana; St. Ann Church, Kaneohe; St. Theresa Church, Kekaha; St. Raphael Church, Koloa; Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, Kula; Holy Ghost Church, Kula; Maria Lanakila Catholic Church, Lahaina; Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue; St. Joseph Church, Makawao; Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Pearl City; Resurrection of the Lord Church, Waipahu; St. Benedict's Church, Honaunau

Education

Higher education: Chaminade University of Honolulu

High schools: Damien Memorial School, Honolulu; Maryknoll School, Honolulu; Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu; St. Francis School, Honolulu; St. Louis School, Honolulu; St. Anthony School, Wailuku; St. Joseph School, Hilo

Priests

St. Damien de Veuster

Patrick Short

Miscellany

Hawaii Catholic Herald

Malia O Ka Malu

St. Marianne Cope

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