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The Reverend Canon Haaheo Guanson (September 25, 1951–December 14, 2025) died this past Sunday following a recent health crisis.
She was ordained to the transitional Diaconate on Saturday, June 9, 2018, in the Cathedral of St. Andrew, and to the Presbyterate on March 9, 2019, at the Parish of St. Clement in Honolulu, where she was serving as Curate. Her ministry in the Episcopal Church continued at the Cathedral as an Associate Priest and as Dean of the Waiolaihuiʻa Center for Ministry (the local Diocesan ministry formation program). She was an advisor to the Bishop. Following her retirement, she was installed as an Honorary Canon of the Cathedral of St. Andrew (filling the Kaʻiulani Canon’s Chair) on November 24, 2024.
Canon Guanson held a doctorate in education from the University of Southern California and was known globally for her advocacy for peace and non-violence. As the founding Director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawai'i, she taught nonviolence and reconciliation around the world for many years. She was also the co-founder of the Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center with a mission to create a culture of peace and nonviolence for the children of the world. She served as the national Vice Chair of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Canon Guanson is survived by her husband, David Hagino; son, Shane Hoaliku Peters; daughter-in-law; and a grandchild.
Service times and other information are pending. Please respect the family’s need for privacy at this time.
Please remember Haaheo in your prayers and in the Prayers of the People of our congregations.
ALMIGHTY AND ETERNAL GOD, to whom there is never any prayer made without hope of mercy, be merciful to the soul of your faithful servant, Haaheo, being departed from this world in the confession of your Holy Name that she and all the departed may be welcomed into the company of your saints, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Rest eternal grant her, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
The Right Reverend Robert L. Fitzpatrick
Bishop Diocesan
The Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i
The Episcopal Church in the Hawaiian Islands, Guam and Saipan
229 Queen Emma Square, Honolulu, HI 96813
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