Diocese of Honolulu
Honoluluen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
The Diocese of Honolulu encompasses the State of Hawaii and was erected as a diocese in 1941. Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Bishop Larry Silva on May 6, 2026, and named Father Michael Castori, S.J., as his successor, with installation set for July 28, 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1941
- Latin
- Honoluluen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Peace
- Annuario code
- 001001610
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 122,652
- Population
- 1,440,196
- Catholic share
- 8.5%
- Priests
- 78
- Catholics per priest
- 1,572
- Extent
- 16,643 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.4
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Clarence R. Silva
- Born
- 6 August 1949
- Birthplace
- Honolulu
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace stands in Honolulu, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of San Francisco
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Francisco.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San FranciscoSan Francisco
- Diocese of OaklandOakland
- Diocese of SacramentoSacramento
- Diocese of San Jose in CaliforniaSan Jose
- Diocese of Santa Rosa (in California)Santa Rosa
- Diocese of StocktonStockton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].