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The '''Eastern Catholic Community in Hawai{{okina}}i''' encompasses all Catholics of the [[Eastern Catholic Churches]]. It is based in [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]], [[Hawaii|Hawai{{okina}}i]].

==History==
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Eastern Catholics from western [[Ukraine]] began arriving in 1897, as part of a wave of emigration from the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]. However these were often ensnared into [[indentured servitude]] on [[sugar plantations in Hawaii]], and were not able to develop their own churches. Ukrainian Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish clergy in mainland North America pressured the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' to investigate, and on July 24, 1899 the newspaper's headline blared "Slavery in Hawaii Under the American Flag". Once freed, many of the Ukrainians departed for Canada, where there was a larger wave of Ukrainian settlement and many had relatives.

In 1975, the community began meeting for [[Divine Liturgy]] at [[Saint Anthony Catholic Church in Honolulu|St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church, Kalihi Kai, Honolulu]] with the late Reverend [[Archimandrite]] [[Jules C. E. Riotte]], Episcopal vicar for the Eastern Rite. The community subsequently met at Saint Sophia Chapel in Wai{{okina}}anae, with Reverend Philip Harmon as its pastor. 

On October 29, 2005, Most Reverend Richard Stephen Seminack, [[Eparch]] of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas in Chicago visited Hawai{{okina}}i, announced the retirement of Father Harmon, the move of the parish to Kuli{{okina}}ou{{okina}}ou, and the grant of bi-ritual eparchial faculties to Reverend Halbert Weidner, C.O., pastor of [[Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Honolulu|Holy Trinity Church]]. Bishop Seminack installed Father Weidner as the pastor of Saint Sophia Ukrainian Greek Catholic mission parish.

The Ukrainian church is no longer{{when|date=April 2020}} at 5919 Kalanianaole Hwy., Honolulu, Hawaii. A physical location resides at 1300 Pali Hwy, Suite 204, Honolulu, Hawaii  96813.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

While ritually similar, the Eastern Catholic Community of Hawaii is distinct from the [[Orthodox Church in Hawaii|Eastern Orthodox Communities of Hawaii]].

==See also==
*[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu]]
*[[Orthodox Church in Hawaii]]

==References==
* [http://starbulletin.com/2006/04/15/features/adamski.html ''Honolulu Star Bulletin, April 15, 2006,'' article by Mary Adamski entitled ''"Old Egg Artistry (Pysankay)"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310220157/http://starbulletin.com/2006/04/15/features/adamski.html |date=March 10, 2007 }}
* [http://starbulletin.com/2005/10/29/features/story04.html  ''Honolulu Star Bulletin, October 29, 2005,'' article by Mary Adamski entitled ''"Church gets fresh start in new home; St. Sophia Ukrainian Catholic Church aims for regular services with its new priest"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627173301/http://starbulletin.com/2005/10/29/features/story04.html |date=June 27, 2006 }}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928181142/http://www.stsophiaukecath.org/ St. Sophia Greek Catholic Mission]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060820100928/http://www.stnicholaseparchy.org/ Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy]
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dchuk.html Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas in Chicago] - listing at catholic-hierarchy.org
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