Holy Ghost Catholic Church
National Register of Historic Places

Holy Ghost Catholic Church

Kula, Maui County, Hawaii
Listed
August 17, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83000255

About this property

Holy Ghost Catholic Church, also known as Holy Ghost Mission, is an historic octagon-shaped Roman Catholic church building on the island of Maui, located at 4300 Lower Kula Road in Waiakoa in the Kula district. It was designed by Father James Beissel and built by his parishioners who were Portuguese from the Azores and the Madeira Islands who had come to work on the local sugarcane plantation. The first mass was celebrated in it in 1895. It was consecrated in 1899 by Bishop Gulstan Ropert, the third vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands — now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. On April 29, 1983, it was placed on the Hawaii Register of Historic Places and on August 18, 1983, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It may be the only historic octagonal building in Hawaii. In 1991 the building was closed for a year in order to undergo a major restoration. Holy Ghost Mission is still an active Roman Catholic congregation, which annually at Pentecost celebrates the Portuguese Holy Ghost Festival.

Location

Kula, Maui County, Hawaii
20.76470, -156.33683

Categories

EUROPEANARCHITECTURESOCIAL HISTORY
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Sources

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When was Holy Ghost Catholic Church listed on the National Register?

Holy Ghost Catholic Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 17, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Holy Ghost Catholic Church?

Holy Ghost Catholic Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Holy Ghost Catholic Church is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1895.

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