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Bernice Pauahi Pākī Bishop KGCOK RoK (December 19, 1831 – October 16, 1884) was an aliʻi (noble) of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii and a well known philanthropist. At her death, her estate was the largest private landownership in the Hawaiian Islands, comprising approximately 9% of Hawaii's total area.
Ke Aliʻi Bernice Pauahi Paki Bishop's husband, Charles Reed Bishop, created the museum to preserve royal heirlooms passed down to him upon his wife's death. Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915), a businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of the First Hawaiian Bank and Kamehameha Schools , built the museum in memory of his late wife, Princess ...
English: Charles Bishop with his wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi, in the atrium of the museum. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
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In 1922 the main building was converted to a chapel after the last royal remains were moved to tombs constructed on the grounds. The chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places August 7, 1972. [14] In 2023, Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (1926–2022) became the most recent person to be buried in the Royal Mausoleum.
These remains were later transferred to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum on the authorization of Prince Kūhiō. [11] [12] A bundle of bones wrapped in kapa and red silk with King Kalākaua's signet ring. These were once thought to be the remains of Kamehameha I. Last mentioned in 1918 as still remaining in the main chapel by Bill Maiʻoho. [11]
Worthington's funeral and memorial service was held at the Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop Memorial Chapel at the Kamehameha Schools in Kapalama, Hawaii. [5] Guests, which included former Cook Islands Prime Minister Geoffrey Henry, came from as far away as New Zealand, Australia, Tahiti and the rest of United States.
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