Holy Ghost Catholic Church (Kula, Hawaii)

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location= 9177 Kula Highway, Kula, Hawaii
lat_degrees = 20
lat_minutes = 46
lat_seconds = 4
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 156
long_minutes = 20
long_seconds = 22
long_direction = W
locmapin = Hawaii
area =
built =1894
architect= Father James Beissel,
architecture= Octagon mode
added = August 18, 1983
governing_body = Private
refnum=83000255cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Holy Ghost Catholic Church, also known as Holy Ghost Mission, is an historic octagon-shaped Roman Catholic church building located at 9177 Kula Highway in Waiakoa near Kula, Hawaii. 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 sugar 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. [ [http://kulacath.ipower.com/page3.html History of Holy Ghost Parish] ]

On April 29, 1983, it was placed on the Hawaii Register of Historic Places and on August 18, 1983 [ [http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/hpd/register/regmaui.pdf State of Hawaii List of National and State Historic Places - Maui Island] ] [ [http://kulacath.ipower.com/page3.html History of Holy Ghost Parish] ] , it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] It may be the only historic octagonal building in Hawaii. [cite web| last = Kline| first = Robert V.| title = Inventory of Older Octagon, Hexagon, and Round Houses: Hawaii| publisher = rvkline| url = http://www.octagon.bobanna.com/HI.html| accessdate =2008-06-24]

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. [ [http://kulacath.ipower.com/page4.html Kula's Holy Ghost Festival] ]

ee also

* List of Registered Historic Places in Hawaii

References

External links

* [http://www.kulacatholiccommunity.org/ Kula Catholic Community website]
* [http://kulacath.ipower.com/page3.html History of Holy Ghost Parish]
* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/HI/200002879.html Library of Congress page on Local Legacies in Hawaii: Portuguese Holy Ghost Festival and Traditional Practices]