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Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu

Diocese of Honolulu
Dioecesis Honoluluensis
Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.svg
Location
Country United States
Territory State of Hawaiʻi, Unincorporated Hawaiian Islands
Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of San Francisco
Statistics
Area 6,435 sq mi (16,670 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
1,325,000
263,000 (19.8%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established January 25, 1941
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
Co-cathedral Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus
Patron saint Our Lady of Peace, Saint Damien of Molokaʻi, Saint Marianne of Molokaʻi
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop

Clarence Richard Silva

Bishop of Honolulu
Metropolitan Archbishop

Salvatore J. Cordileone

Archbishop of San Francisco
Map
Diocese of Honolulu map.png
Website
Catholic Hawaiʻi

Clarence Richard Silva

Salvatore J. Cordileone

The Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, officially in Latin Dioecesis Honoluluensis, is an ecclesiastical territory or particular church of the Catholic Church in the United States. The diocese comprises the entire state of Hawaiʻi and the unincorporated Hawaiian Islands.

The diocese is suffragan to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco and a part of the ecclesiastical province that includes the San Francisco archdiocese and the suffragan dioceses of Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa and . The patrons of the Diocese of Honolulu are the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Malia O Ka Malu or Our Lady Queen of Peace, Saint Damien of Molokaʻi, and Saint Marianne of Molokaʻi.


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