Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Franckx, Father Valentin H. April 9, 1863 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

FATHER VALENTIN H. FRANCKX, Clergyman. For more than 35 years Father Valentin 
H. Franckx ministered to Hawaii as a priest of the Holy Roman Catholic church, 
latterly as pastor of the picturesque Church of St. Augustine By the Sea at 
Waikiki Beach.
  Born in Ruysbroeck, Belgium, on April 9, 1863, to Joseph and Felicitia 
(Mertens) Franckx, Father Valentin obtained his education in the primary and 
high schools of his birthplace and at commercial college before he decided to 
enter the church and attended a theological school.
  He arrived in Hawaii on Aug. 3, 1889, and became priest of the Catholic 
cathedral. He was treasurer and secretary of the Catholic Mission before he 
accepted his present pastorate.
  He has served as a volunteer member of the fire department, on the 
territorial board of industrial schools, board of Leahi Home, as chaplain of 
the National Guard of Hawaii and in the regular army during the World War. He 
is chaplain of Damien Council, Y.M.I., and also managing director and 
treasurer of the Columbus Welfare Association. He was director of music in the 
cathedral for many years.
  Father Valentin took an active part in relieving physical suffering during 
the cholera epidemic of 1895 and during the plague that visited the islands in 
1900.


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