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Stephen Alencastre

Stephen Alencastre, American bishop and missionary (died 1940)

Born
November 3, 1876
Died
November 9, 1940
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1876

About Stephen Alencastre

Bishop Stephen Peter Alencastre, SSCC was a bishop of the Catholic Church who served as the fifth and last Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands. He was also an apparent titular bishop of Arabissus. Bishop Alencastre was the first to include in his episcopal arms the Pūloʻuloʻu (kapu sticks)—traditional symbols of the Hawaiian people, and the colours of the Hawaiian flag. Following his death, he was posthumously awarded the honor of "Officer of the Order of the Crown" by King Leopold III of Belgium, while a street in Honolulu bears his surname.

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The world when Stephen Alencastre was born

Stephen Alencastre was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
  • Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
  • Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
  • Notable inventionTelephone
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Stephen Alencastre's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18762026
Population43.4M341 million

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