Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Saint John the Baptist Church
Saint John the Baptist Church
	Church and cemetery from the north
	21°20′16″N 157°52′52″W / 21.3377°N 157.8810°W
Address	2324 Omilo Lane; Honolulu, HI 96819-2434
Country	USA
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	sjbkalihi.org
History
Status	Active
Founded	May 8, 1844
Founder(s)	Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Architecture
Style	Mediterranean Revival
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Honolulu

Saint John the Baptist Church is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu in Hawaii, United States.

History

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. The second church was rebuilt on the same spot and was blessed on April 16, 1857. Father Alphonsus Boumeister ss.cc. expanded the church facilities in 1927, which allowed the pastor assigned to the parish to reside at church.^[1] The current church was completed in 1933.^[2]

Today

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.

A demographic shift occurred in the 1950s with the introduction of Filipino immigrants. The current influx of new immigrants come from Samoa, Micronesia, and other Pacific Islands. A primary school was active between 1959 and 2020.^[3]

Gallery

Second church building in 1899

References

^ "History". SJB.org. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ "Heralding back: Dec. 11, 2020". Hawaii Catholic Herald. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ "COVID stress closes Kalihi and Ewa Beach Catholic schools". Hawaii Catholic Herald. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

21°20′16″N 157°52′52″W / 21.3377°N 157.8810°W / 21.3377; -157.8810

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[1] "History". SJB.org. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[2] "Heralding back: Dec. 11, 2020". Hawaii Catholic Herald. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[3] "COVID stress closes Kalihi and Ewa Beach Catholic schools". Hawaii Catholic Herald. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

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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
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