According to its website, the organization exists “to preserve and perpetuate the ancient culture, customs, and traditions of Hawaii, uplift the Hawaiian people” and “infuse the spirit of patriotism, loyalty, helpfulness and kindness among its members.”ĭuring the ceremony, Bishop Fitzpatrick read a passage from Paul’s Epistle to the Hebrews following it with a “prayer of blessing.” He also gave the closing prayer.
The Order of Kamehameha I was founded in 1865 by King Kamehameha V to honor his grandfather Kamehameha the Great. The investing knight Aiu then declared the newly benighted, “Sir Bishop Clarence Richard Silva, Honorary Alii Knight Companion, 7th degree.” Aiu who lowered a ceremonial sword three times over his shoulders.īishop Silva’s shoulders were then draped with a waist-length yellow cape with crescent symbols on the back and sides. Also part of the procession was Hawaii’s Episcopal Bishop Robert Fitzpatrick.įor most of the rite, the bishop sat in the cathedra, his normal presider’s chair, surrounded by the order’s members in the area behind the church’s main altar.Ībout midway through the 50-minutes of ritual, the bishop knelt before Alii Sir Arthur K. The church’s main double doors swung open and Bishop Silva, wearing a magenta cassock, was escorted in a procession of 21 members of the royal order dressed in black suits and ties and velvet red and yellow capes over their shoulders. (HCH photo by Darlene Dela Cruz)īishop Larry Silva was made an honorary knight of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I on June 25 in a ceremony that brought Hawaiian regal pageantry with Episcopalian touches into the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace.Ībout 150 people were in the cathedral to witness the ceremony which began precisely at 6 p.m. Aiu who lowers a ceremonial sword on his shoulders, knighting him to the Royal Order of Kamehameha I. The bishop kneels before Alii Sir Arthur K.
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