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The Episcopal Church in Hawaii began in 1862 when King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma - a life-long Anglican - invited the Church of England to Hawaii. The King and Queen supported the Churchs establishment throughout the islands with gifts of land, and by founding St. Andrews Cathedral in Honolulu. Queen Emma also founded Queens Hospital (now Medical Center) and St. Andrews Priory School for Girls in Honolulu. The last Queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani, depended upon the spiritual support of the Episcopal Church during and following the overthrow of her reign in 1893. The Missionary District of Honolulu originally included the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Okinawa, Taiwan and Kwajalein. It became the Diocese of Hawaii in 1969; and now consists solely of the State of Hawaii. The Diocese is made up of people who are native to Hawaii and from everywhere else in the world who worship according to the Book of Common Prayer, 1979. Even though we are Episcopalians, our friends and other members of our families may worship as Roman Catholics, in a variety of Protestant faiths, as well as Buddhists, Shintoists, Mormons, Jews, Hindus and in traditional Hawaiian and other native ways. We hold our cultural and religious variety in respect. Queen Emma, Worship in the Diocese fits the heritage, language and experience of the parishioners. Congregations in the Diocese have formed based on various ethnic groups, such as Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese and Korean. The Eucharist is celebrated regularly in Hawaiian, complete with Hawaiian language hymns. The Diocese celebrates annually, King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma Day - the Feast of the Holy Sovereigns - on November 28.

Address: 229 Queen Emma Square - Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-2304
Telephone: (808) 536-7776
Fax: (808) 538-7194
Website: http://www.episcopalhawaii.org/