galero, a hat reserved for bishops and cardinals, at the top of his arms. Death and legacy Alencastre died in 1940 on a boat en route to Hawai‘i from Los Angeles, California—six days after his 64th birthday. He was subsequently interred at the Honolulu Catholic Cemetery in downtown Honolulu. 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. After continuing and completing much of the work begun by Alencastre and his Sacred Hearts predecessors, the mission area of the Hawaiian Islands was elevated to the status of the Diocese of Honolulu by Pope Pius XII a few months following his death. The history of the Catholic Sacred Hearts mission in the Hawaiian Islands was documented by one of the congregation's priests and later compiled and published in a book called Pioneers of the Faith. References 1876 births 1940 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Roman Catholic missionaries in Hawaii Portuguese emigrants to the Hawaiian Kingdom 20th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops Apostolic vicars of the Hawaiian Islands Burials at Honolulu Catholic Cemetery People from Porto Santo People who died at sea Picpus Fathers American people of Portuguese descent