Diocese of Gizo
Ghizotan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gizo, Solomon Islands
Latin-rite diocese covering the Western and Choiseul provinces of the Solomon Islands, established as a vicariate apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Honiara. Its mother church is St. Peter's Cathedral in Gizo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Ghizotan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001492
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 16,920
- Priests
- 15
- Catholics per priest
- 1,128
- Extent
- 8,573 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.0
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
- Peter Houhou
- Born
- 10 October 1966
- Birthplace
- Marau
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
St. Peter's Cathedral, Gizo stands in Gizo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Honiara
A suffragan of Honiara.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HoniaraHoniara
- Diocese of AukiAuki
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Honiara, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gizo began in 1959 as a Vicariate Apostolic formed from the Vicariates Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands and Southern Solomon Islands. Elevation to a diocese followed in 1966, when it took the name Diocese of Gizo. St. Peter's Cathedral at Gizo serves as the mother church.
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].