Bishop James J. Sweeney Assembly 1826, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus

Bishop James J. Sweeney Assembly 1826, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Bishop James J. Sweeney Assembly 1826, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Sweeney arrived in Hawaii on Sept. 7, 1941. as a state in 1959. By Darlene J.M.

He was installed as bishop of the new Diocese of Honolulu in a liturgy at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace three days later. At the ceremony, a decree of the “erection of the diocese” was read before a congregation of thousands. Sept. 10, 1941, is the date that the Official Catholic Directory lists as the birth of our diocese. The Diocese of Honolulu was nearly three months old when the bombing

of Pearl Harbor happened on Dec. 7, 1941. Establishment of the diocese predates by almost two decades Hawaii’s entrance into the U.S. At the time of Bishop Sweeney’s installation, the diocese had approximately 120,000 Catholics, 42 parishes, 55 mission churches, one seminary and 19 Catholic schools. Today, Catholics comprise about 20 percent of the roughly 1.3 million people in Hawaii. There are now 66 parishes, 27 mission churches and 36 Catholic schools in the diocese. Chinese, Hispanic, Korean, Samoan, Micronesian and Vietnamese ministries represent Hawaii’s multiethnic faithful. Parishes across the diocese also celebrate Masses in Hawaiian, Filipino dialects, Latin and other languages. Dela Cruz
Hawaii Catholic Herald

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