Church of Hawaii

Church of Hawaiʻi
Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma established the Anglican Church of Hawaiʻi in 1862
ClassificationChristian
OrientationAnglican
TheologyAnglican doctrine
PolityEpiscopal
RegionHawaiʻi
FounderKamehameha IV
Origin1862
Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
Separated fromEpiscopal Church (United States) (1890s)
Branched fromAnglican Communion
Merged intoAmerican Episcopal Church as the Diocese of Hawai'i

The Church of Hawaiʻi, originally called the Hawaiian Reformed Catholic Church, was the state church and national church of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1862 to 1893. It was the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Hawaiʻi, which later merged into the American Episcopal Church during the establishment of the Republic of Hawaii.

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