Cathedral of St. Andrew

About St. Andrews: (Fun fact - St. Andrew's is the only church in Hawaii invited to the islands by the Hawaiian Monarchy).

King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma were responsible for bringing the Anglican Church to Hawai’i. The first services of the church were held on October 12, 1862, amidst a time of mourning for the young Prince of Hawai`i, the only son of the King and Queen who died shortly before the arrival of the Bishop. The King and Queen gave land, part of their royal garden, on which the Cathedral was to be built.

The untimely death of King Kamehameha IV on St. Andrew’s Day, November 30, 1863, led his brother, King Kamehameha V, to dedicate the cathedral to St. Andrew as a fitting memorial to a King.

The Queen proceeded on her own to lead the project; she traveled to England to raise money to build St. Andrews. Cathedral was completed in time for Christmas 1886, in great part because of the support for the Queen’s vision of the Cathedral as a memorial to her husband. Queen Emma did not live to worship in the Cathedral. She had died the previous year on St. Mark’s Day 1885 but her legacy and her vision to preserve the spiritual health of her people lives on to this day.