Pope Leo XIV appoints Jesuit priest as new bishop of Honolulu as Bishop Silva retires

Another Jesuit bishop appointed today. Any information about him?

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Pope Leo XIV appoints Jesuit priest as new bishop of Honolulu as Bishop Silva retires
A bishop's miter and ring lay on a table in an undated photograph. On May 6, 2026, it was announced that Pope Leo XIV appointed Jesuit Father Michael T. Castori, 65, who has served since 2025 as rector of Arrupe Jesuit Residence at Seattle University, as the new bishop of Honolulu to succeed Bishop Clarence "Larry" Silva, who had led the Hawaii diocese for two decades. (OSV News photo/Tom McCarthy Jr.)
VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has appointed a Jesuit priest as the new bishop of Honolulu to succeed Bishop Clarence “Larry” Silva, who has led the Hawaii diocese for two decades.
The new bishop-designate, Father Michael T. Castori, S.J., 65, has served since 2025 as rector of Arrupe Jesuit Residence at Seattle University in Washington state and is a member of the Society of Jesus’ West United States Province. He will become the sixth bishop of Honolulu.
The Vatican announced both Father Castori’s appointment and the resignation of Bishop Silva on May 6.
Bishop Silva, 76, has …

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JANET ZIMMER5 days ago

Remember the good old days when the Jesuits forbade their members from becoming bishops or accepting any other kind of powerful religious or secular office to keep their innate intelligence and talent from devolving into arrogance, and resulting in their judgment about whether they existed to serve God or to improve on Him being clouded? So much of the evil that has seized the church has been initiated by Jesuits who were set free to give their conceit and arrogance free rein.