Diocese of Honolulu, USA

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Honolulu / Honoluluen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Francisco

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Peace (July 9)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 16 (1843), July 28 (1985) (co-cathedral)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1825.11.27: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sandwich Islands (English) / Sandwigien(sis) in Oceania (Latin)
1844.08.13: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sandwich Islands (English) / Sandwigien(sis) in Oceania (Latin)
1847.07.11: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hawaiian Islands (English)
1941.01.25: Promoted as Diocese of Honolulu / Honoluluen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of San Francisco)
1964.03.07: Gained territory of Johnston Atoll

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 1184 Bishop St., Honolulu, HI 96813, USA

Phone: +1 (808) 585-3345

Present Prelates

Bishop (2005.05.17 – ...):

Bishop Clarence Richard Silva (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Honolulu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Clarence Richard Silva (75)
(2005.05.17 – ...)

Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Witness to Jesus

Born:	1949.08.06 (Honolulu, HI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1975.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.07.21

Priest of Oakland (USA) (1975.05.02 – 2005.05.17)

Bishop of Honolulu (USA) (2005.05.17 – ...)

Bishop Francis Xavier DiLorenzo
(1994.11.29 – 2004.03.31)

Christ our hope

Born:	1942.04.15 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1968.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.03.08
Died:	2017.08.17 (Richmond, VA, USA † 75)

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1968.05.18 – 1988.01.26)

Titular Bishop of Tigias (1988.01.26 – 1994.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1988.01.26 – 1994.11.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Honolulu (USA) (1993.10.12 – 1994.11.29)

Bishop of Honolulu (USA) (1994.11.29 – 2004.03.31)

Bishop of Richmond (USA) (2004.03.31 – 2017.08.17)

Bishop Francis Xavier DiLorenzo
(Apostolic Administrator 1993.10.12 – 1994.11.29)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Ferrario
(1982.05.13 – 1993.10.12)

My grace is all your need

Born:	1926.03.03 (Scranton, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1951.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.01.13
Died:	2003.12.12 (HI, USA † 77)

Titular Bishop of Cusæ (1977.11.08 – 1982.05.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu (USA) (1977.11.08 – 1982.05.13)

Bishop of Honolulu (USA) (1982.05.13 – 1993.10.12)

Bishop John Joseph Scanlan
(1968.03.06 – 1981.06.30)

Regina pacis spes nostra

Born:	1906.05.24 (Iniscarra, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1930.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.09.21
Died:	1997.01.31 (San Rafael, CA, USA † 90)

Priest of San Francisco (USA) (1930.06.22 – 1954.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Cenæ (1954.07.08 – 1968.03.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu (USA) (1954.07.08 – 1968.03.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Honolulu (USA) (1967.11.10 – 1968.03.06)

Bishop of Honolulu (USA) (1968.03.06 – 1981.06.30)

Bishop John Joseph Scanlan
(Apostolic Administrator 1967.11.10 – 1968.03.06)

Bishop James Joseph Sweeney
(1941.05.20 – 1968.03.06)

Ad Jesum per Mariam

Born:	1898.06.19 (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1925.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.07.25
Died:	1968.06.20 (San Francisco, CA, USA † 70)

Bishop of Honolulu (USA) (1941.05.20 – 1968.03.06)

Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii (1968.03.06 – 1968.06.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC.
(1926.05.13 – 1940.11.09)

Opportet illum regnare

Born:	1876.11.03 (Porto Santo, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1902.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.08.24
Died:	1940.11.09 († 64)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA) (1924.04.29 – 1926.05.13)

Titular Bishop of Arabissus (1924.04.29 – 1940.11.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA) (1926.05.13 – 1940.11.09)

Bishop Libert Hubert John Louis Boeynaems, SS.CC.
(1903.04.08 – 1926.05.13)

Labore et caritate

Born:	1857.08.18 (Anvers, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1881.09.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.07.25
Died:	1926.05.13 (Honolulu, HI, USA † 68)

Titular Bishop of Zeugma (1903.04.08 – 1926.05.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA) (1903.04.08 – 1926.05.13)

Bishop Gulstan Francis Ropert, SS.CC.
(1892.06.03 – 1903.01.04)

Salus tuus sum ego salvum me fac

Born:	1839.08.30 (Kerfago, France)
Ordained Priest:	1866.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.09.25
Died:	1903.01.04 (Honolulu, HI, USA † 63)

Titular Bishop of Panopolis (1892.06.03 – 1903.01.04)

Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA) (1892.06.03 – 1903.01.04)

Bishop Bernard Hermann Koeckemann, SS.CC.
(1882.06.11 – 1892.02.22)

In cruce salus

Born:	1828.01.10 (Ostbevern, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1862.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.08.21
Died:	1892.02.22 († 64)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA) (1881.05.17 – 1882.06.11)

Titular Bishop of Olba (1881.05.17 – 1892.02.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA) (1882.06.11 – 1892.02.22)

Bishop Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC.
(1846.09.11 – 1882.06.11)

Born:	1804.09.14 (Maillé, France)
Ordained Priest:	1828.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1847.11.28
Died:	1882.06.11 (Honolulu, HI, USA † 77)

Titular Bishop of Aradus (1846.09.11 – 1882.06.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA) (1846.09.11 – 1882.06.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Sandwich Islands (Roman Rite)

Fr. Simplicien Duboize, O.P.
(1844.07.18 – 1846.08.30 not possessed)

Born:	1800.01.31 (Vannes, France)
Died:	1852 († 52)

Titular Bishop of Arathia (1844.07.18 – 1846.08.30 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of Sandwich Islands (USA) (1844.07.18 – 1846.08.30 not possessed)

Prefects Apostolic of Sandwich Islands (Roman Rite)

Bishop Étienne Jérôme Rouchouze, SS.CC.
(1833.06.14 – 1843.03.13)

Per aspera ad astra

Born:	1798.02.28 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1833.12.22
Died:	1843.03.13 († 45)

Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1833.06.14 – 1843.03.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Oceania (French Polynesia) (1833.06.14 – 1843.03.13)

Prefect Apostolic of Sandwich Islands (USA) (1833.06.14 – 1843.03.13)

Fr. Alexis Bachelot, SS.CC.
(1825.12.03 – 1831.12.24)

Born:	1796.02.22 (Saint-Cyr-Orne, France)
Ordained Priest:	1820
Died:	1837.12.05 († 41)

Prefect Apostolic of Sandwich Islands (USA) (1825.12.03 – 1831.12.24)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. (1924.04.29 – 1926.05.13)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Bernard Hermann Koeckemann, SS.CC. (1881.05.17 – 1882.06.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Anthony Ferrario (1977.11.08 – 1982.05.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Scanlan (1954.07.08 – 1968.03.06)