Lani Hanchett

Edwin Lani Hanchett (November 2, 1919 - August 11, 1975) was and American prelate who served as Bishop of Hawaii from 1969 to 1975.

The Right Reverend

Edwin Lani Hanchett

D.D.
Bishop of Hawaii
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseHawaii
Elected1969
In office1969-1975
PredecessorHarry S. Kennedy
SuccessorEdmond L. Browning
Orders
OrdinationSeptember 19, 1953
by Harry S. Kennedy
ConsecrationDecember 30, 1967
by John E. Hines
Personal details
Born(1919-11-02)November 2, 1919
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
DiedAugust 11, 1975(1975-08-11) (aged 55)
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
BuriedSt Clement's Church, Honolulu
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsAlsoberry Kaumu Hanchett & Mary McGuire
SpousePuanani Akana
Children4
Previous postSuffragan Bishop of Hawaii (1967-1969)
Alma materUniversity of Hawaii

Education and Early Life

Hanchett was born in Honolulu on November 2, 1919 to Alsoberry Kaumu Hanchett and Mary McGuire. His father was first doctor of Hawaiian ancestry to practice in the islands. He was a graduate of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and the University of Hawaii. On June 21, 1941, he married Puanani Akana, and together had four children. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 1969.

Priesthood

He was ordained deacon on July 20, 1952 and priest on September 19, 1953 by Bishop Harry S. Kennedy of Hawaii. He then became vicar of the Church of the Holy Innocents in Lahaina, Hawaii, while in 1959 he transferred to St George's Church in Honolulu to serve as its vicar. Between 1960 and 1967, he served as rector St Peter's Church in Honolulu.[1]

Episcopacy

On September 26, 1967, Hanchett was elected Suffragan Bishop of Hawaii and was consecrated on December 30, 1967. [2] Two years later, in 1969, he was elected diocesan bishop, the first person of Hawaiian ancestry to lead the Episcopal Church there. He was installed in St Andrew's Cathedral on January 18, 1970. Bishop Hanchett had represented Province VIII on the national Executive Council of the Episcopal Church since 1973. He died of cancer in St. Francis Hospital, Honolulu on August 11, 1975.[3]

Personal life

Hanchett married Puanani Akana on June 21, 1941 and had four children.

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References
  1. Marquis Who's Who (1976). Who's who in the West, p. 294. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ. ISBN 0837909163.
  2. "Bishop Hanchett of Hawaii Dies". Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  3. "Bishop E. Lani Hanchett Of Hawaii Episcopalians". Retrieved 2018-09-06.


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