Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Alencastre, Stephen 1876 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

RIGHT REV. STEPHEN ALENCASTRE, C. SS., CC., DD., Clergyman. Devoting his life 
to service in the Catholic Church, a member of the Congregation of the Sacred 
Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Bishop Stephen Alencastre, co-adjutor to Bishop 
Boeynaems, has lived in Hawaii since early boyhood. Ordained in Honolulu, 
April 5, 1902, Bishop Alencastre has since served the community as a spiritual 
administrator. He was consecrated a bishop on Aug. 24, 1924, in recognition of 
his services to the church.
  With his consecration, Bishop Alencastre received the title of the See of 
Arabissus, an old See of Armenia, which was a suffragan of Melitene. A partial 
list of its bishops, dating from 381 to 692 A.D., is still known. Its 
territories were overrun by the followers of Mohammed and the Christian 
population was either exterminated or reduced to slavery.
  For 12 years before being elevated to the episcopate, Bishop Alencastre was 
rector of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Punahou. The present church building 
was erected under his direction.
  Since his ordination, Bishop Alencastre has been active in Catholic 
missionary work in Hawaii, his order being in charge of mission work in the 
islands.
  Born in Madeira in 1876, Bishop Alencastre is the son of the late Lucius J. 
and Leopoldina (Bayao) Alencastre, who came to Hawaii in 1882. He received his 
early classical training with the Brothers of Mary in St. Louis College, 
Honolulu. In 1895 he went to Belgium, entering the University of Louvain for 
courses in theology and philosophy and returned to Hawaii when his studies 
were completed.


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