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Also known as

• Dioecesis Honoluluensis
• Vicariate Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands
• Vicariate Apostolic of Sandwich Islands

Founded

• 1848 by Pope Blessed Pius IX as the Vicariate Apostolic of Sandwich Islands

Elevated

• 25 January 1941 by Pope Pius XII to a Diocese

Suffragan of

• Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

Profiled Bishops

Additional Information

• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• diocese of Honolulu
• Google Map
• Patron Saints of the Diocese

Notes

Early missionary work was entrusted to the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

MLA Citation

• “Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii”. Gazetteer of the Faith. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 June 2012. Web. 10 June 2024. <http://catholicsaints.info/diocese-of-honolulu-hawaii/>