Star of the Sea Painted Church

The Star of the Sea Painted Church is a Catholic Church in Kalapana, Hawai'i, United States of America. It was built in 1927-1928 under the direction of a Belgian Catholic missionary, Father Evarist Gielen.
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Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church building in Hawaii County, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Star of the Sea Church”
  • Address: 12-4815 Pāhoa-Kalapana Road, Kaimu, HI 96778

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaimū and Kalapana.

Suburb
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was a small town in the on Island of Hawaiʻi that was completely destroyed by an eruptive flow of lava from the Kūpaʻianahā vent of the Kīlauea volcano in 1990.

Suburb
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is a town and a region in the on the Island of Hawaiʻi in the . The town was the original location of the Star of the Sea Painted Church. is situated 2½ km southwest of Star of the Sea Painted Church.

Star of the Sea Painted Church

Latitude
19.37291° or 19° 22′ 23″ north
Longitude
-154.96383° or 154° 57′ 50″ west
Inception
1931
Open location code
73F792FP+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 588220064
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q7601276
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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Star of the Sea Painted Church” goes by many names.

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