Diocese of Honolulu
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Francisco |
| Diocesan bishop | Clarence Richard Silva |
| Vicar General | Marc Alexander |
| founding | 1941 |
| surface | 16,637 km² |
| Parishes | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,431,603 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 268,900 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 18.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.007 |
| Permanent deacons | 72 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 74 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 163 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus |
| Website | www.catholichawaii.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu ( Latin Dioecesis Honoluluensia , English Diocese of Honolulu ) is a in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Honolulu , Hawaii .
history
The diocese of Honolulu was on November 27, 1825 by Pope Leo XII. erected as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sandwich Islands . On August 13, 1844, the Apostolic Prefecture of Sandwich Islands was founded by Pope Gregory XVI. with the Apostolic Constitution Pastorale officium raised to the Apostolic Vicariate . The Vicariate Apostolic of Sandwich Islands was renamed the Vicariate Apostolic Hawaiian Islands in 1848 . On January 25, 1941, the Vicariate Apostolic Hawaiian Islands by Pope Pius XII. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Honolulu . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Francisco as a suffragan .
territory
The diocese of Honolulu includes the state of Hawaii .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefects of the Sandwich Islands
- Alexis Bachelot SSCC , 1825-1831
- Etienne Jerome Rouchouze SSCC, 1833-1843
Vicars Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands
- Louis-Désiré Maigret SSCC, 1846-1848
Vicars Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands
- Louis-Désiré Maigret SSCC, 1848-1882
- Bernhard Hermann Köckemann SSCC, 1882–1892
- Gulstan Francis Ropert SSCC, 1892-1903
- Libert Hubert John Louis Boeynaem's SSCC, 1903-1926
- Stephen Peter Alencastre SSCC, 1926-1940
Bishops of Honolulu
- James Joseph Sweeney , 1941–1968
- John Joseph Scanlan , 1968-1981
- Joseph Anthony Ferrario , 1982-1993
- Francis Xavier DiLorenzo , 1994–2004, then Bishop of Richmond
- Clarence Richard Silva , since 2005
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Honolulu (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Honolulu on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
