List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace — also known by its original French name Cathédrale de Notre Dame de la Paix, its Portuguese variant Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Paz and its Hawaiian derivative Malia o ka Malu Hale Pule Nui — is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It is the motherchurch of the Diocese of Honolulu and houses the cathedra of the Bishop of Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii. Formerly the motherchurch of the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands dedicated on A ...

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• Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Groundbreaking
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Development
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Second Vatican Council
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Restoration
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Gallery
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Sources

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A cathedra is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of teaching authority in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion in Lutheran churches. Cathedra is the Latin word for a chair with armrests; its Roman connotations of authority reserved for the Emperor were adopted by bishops after the 4th century. A church into which a cathedra is installed is called a cathedral or co-cathedral — the seat of a particular church called a diocese. < ...

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• Cathedra - Cathedra Petri
• Cathedra - Ex cathedra
• Cathedra - Placement
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In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. In the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, an important diocese is called an archdiocese (usually due to size, historical significance, or both), which is governed by an Archbishop. As of 2003, there are approximately 569 Roman Catholic archdioceses and 201 ...

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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (also known as the USCCB) is the official governing body of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops and United States Catholic Conference, it is comprised of the American hierarchy of bishops, archbishops and cardinal archbishops. The USCCB adopted its current name in July 2001. The organization is a registered corporation based in Washington, DC. As with all bishops' conferences, the decisions an ...

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The earliest use of 'diocese' as an administrative unit was in the Greek-speaking East. Three districts— Cibyra, Apamea and Synnada— were added to the province of Cilicia in the time of Cicero, who mentions the fact in his familiar letters (EB 1911). The word 'diocese', which at that time was equivalent to a tax-collecting district, came to be applied to the territory itself. The reorganization of the Empire, which began under the rule of Diocletian, divided the Empire's vast lands into twelve dioceses. The largest, Oriens, ...

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Diocese, Diocese - In the Roman Empire, Diocese - Christian hierarchy

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Marquette. French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette first explored the area that is now Chicago in the mid-1600s. On December 4, 1674, Marquette arrived at the mouth of the Chicago River where he built a cabin to recouperate from his travels. His cabin would become the first white settlement in the area now known as Chicago. Marquette published his survey of the new territories and soon, more French missionaries and settlers arrived. In 1795, the Potawatomi tribe signed t ...

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Frontier Church, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Marquette, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - First parish, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Diocesan establishment, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Archbishop of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Bishops of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Archbishops of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Archbishop's Residence, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Prelature, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Vicariates, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Departments

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The definitive example of a cathedra is that encased within the Triumph of the cathedra Petri designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1657 and completed and installed in 1666. As early as the 8th century, an ancient wooden chair overlaid with ivory plaques depicting the Labors of Hercules and some of the signs of the Zodiac was venerated as the episcopal chair of St. Peter himself. In fact, it is a Byzantine throne enframing fragments of acacia wood encased in the oak carcass and reinforced with iron bands. Several rings facilitate ...

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Cathedra, Cathedra - Cathedra Petri, Cathedra - Ex cathedra, Cathedra - Placement, Cathedra - Sources

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Image:Ourladyofpeace viewtowardsentrance.jpg Image:Ourladyofpeacehawaii.jpg Clarence Richard Silva, fifth Bishop of Honolulu, is the current pastor. He is served at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace by the cathedral rector, in turn assisted by the parochial vicar. A member of the laity is appointed as pastoral associate and manages the church services, parish council and rectory. Several retired priests in residence at the Chancery and the adjacent Century Square building often dispense the sacraments of the Eucharist and reconciliation during the weekdays. Priests of the Society of Mary also som ...

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Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Overview, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Campus, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Services, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Mission, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Programs, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Groundbreaking, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Development, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Second Vatican Council, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Restoration, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Gallery, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Sources

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Msgr. Alencastre's premonition that the vicariate would be elevated to diocesan status was fulfilled earlier than expected. Upon his death, Blessed Pius XII decided that the Hawaiian Islands no longer needed a missionary church. Rather, its flourishing Roman Catholic community was mature enough to be administered as a fully independent body of its own. The pope canonically erected the new Diocese of Honolulu on January 25, 1941. After several months of consideration, the Pope looked outside of the Congregation of the Sacred He ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Missionaries, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Persecution, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Foundation, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Vicariate Apostolic, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Special Anniversaries of Significance to the Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Presbyterium and Permanent Diaconate, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Parishes, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Necrology of Clerics in the Honolulu See, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Sources

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The first Roman Catholic mission to the Kingdom of Hawai‘i was established upon the arrival of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religious order called the Picpus Fathers, founded by Pierre Coudrin during the French Revolution. The first Picpus Fathers departed from Bordeaux aboard the La Comète on November 21, 1826 and stopped in Valparaíso in Chile on February 8, 1827. The Picpus Fathers resumed their trip on February 25. They entered port at Honolulu Harbor on July 7. Having originally been refused entr ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Missionaries, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Persecution, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Foundation, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Vicariate Apostolic, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Special Anniversaries of Significance to the Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Presbyterium and Permanent Diaconate, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Parishes, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Necrology of Clerics in the Honolulu See, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Sources

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Through the period that began with the landing of Fathers Armand, Bachelot and Short to the proclamation of the Edict of Toleration and arrival of Bishop Rouchouze, the Hawaiian Islands were administered as a prefecture within the larger Vicariate Apostolic of Oriental Oceania. Created in 1833 by Pope Gregory XVI and governed from South America, its territories included the Marquesas and Tahiti. After the disappearance of Bishop Rouchouze, the three prefectures were elevated into indepen ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Missionaries, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Persecution, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Foundation, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Vicariate Apostolic, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Special Anniversaries of Significance to the Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Presbyterium and Permanent Diaconate, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Parishes, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Necrology of Clerics in the Honolulu See, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Sources

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Christian missionaries were influential in shaping the modern society of the kingdom after the deaths of Kamehameha and Kamehameha II. The missionaries, largely Congregationalists from New England, baptized the queen regent Ka‘ahumanu and persuaded her to create religious policy favoring the suppression of the Roman Catholic Church in Hawaii. Kamehameha III agreed and enacted its expulsion from the kingdom. Fathers Bachelot and Short were forcibly boarded onto the brig Waverly by the chiefs loyal to Ka‘ahumanu and they left Honolu ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Missionaries, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Persecution, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Foundation, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Vicariate Apostolic, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Special Anniversaries of Significance to the Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Presbyterium and Permanent Diaconate, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Parishes, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Necrology of Clerics in the Honolulu See, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Sources

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Shortly after the Laplace incident and the issuance of the Edict of Toleration, Msgr. Etienne Rouchouze, Vicar Apostolic of Oriental Oceania, moved to Honolulu from Valparaíso, Chile. The bishop disembarked from his ship at Honolulu Harbor in the company of three Picpus Fathers. One of them was the earlier exiled Louis Désiré Maigret. Their arrival officially signified the Roman Catholic victory over persecution in the Hawaiian Islands and ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Missionaries, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Persecution, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Foundation, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Vicariate Apostolic, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Special Anniversaries of Significance to the Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Presbyterium and Permanent Diaconate, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Parishes, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Necrology of Clerics in the Honolulu See, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Sources

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The Office of the Archbishop of Chicago is located at the Chancery at 155 East Superior Street in downtown Chicago near the Loyola University Chicago Water Tower Campus. It is from the Chancery that the Archbishop of Chicago exercises his administrative duties as leader of the archdiocesan prelature. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Vicariates. The prelature of the Archdiocese of Chicago, also called its curia, is the body of administration and governance under the authority of the Archbishop of Chi ...

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Frontier Church, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Marquette, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - First parish, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Diocesan establishment, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Archbishop of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Bishops of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Archbishops of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Archbishop's Residence, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Prelature, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Vicariates, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Departments

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From 1844 to 1879, the residential bishop of the Diocese of Chicago held the title Bishop of Chicago. With the elevation of the diocese to an archdiocese in 1880, the residential bishop held the title Archbishop of Chicago. Since 1915, all Archbishops of Chicago have so far been honored in consistory with the title of Cardinal Priest and membership in the College of Cardinals. The archbishops also have responsibilities in the dicasteries of the Roman Curia. All but two residential bishops were diocesan priests before assuming the episcopacy in Chicago. Two came from religi ...

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Frontier Church, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Marquette, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - First parish, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Diocesan establishment, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Archbishop of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Bishops of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Archbishops of Chicago, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Archbishop's Residence, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Prelature, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Vicariates, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago - Departments

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On August 14, 1843, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace was consecrated and dedicated. However, it would be decades before the building would be truly considered completed. Several bishops in residence at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace remained unhappy with the construction and often commissioned renovations. When Louis Desire Maigret inherited the church as corporation sole by virtue of his office of bishop, the interior was furnished with a simple wooden altar, communion rail and pulpit. The floors were covered in lauhala leaf ma ...

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Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Overview, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Campus, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Services, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Mission, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Programs, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Groundbreaking, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Development, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Second Vatican Council, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Restoration, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Gallery, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Sources

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After years of persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in the Hawaiian Islands at the hands of Congregationalist and Presbyterian ministers who befriended the reigning monarchs Kamehameha II, Kamehameha III and Kaahumanu, the Hawaiian Government finally issued an Edict of Toleration creating the freedom of religious expression. As an act of reconciliation, Kamehameha III gave the first Roman Catholic missionaries under the leadership of Apostolic Vicar Etienne Jerome Rouchouze a piece o ...

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Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Overview, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Campus, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Services, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Mission, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Programs, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Groundbreaking, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Development, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Second Vatican Council, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Restoration, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Gallery, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Sources

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Changes begun by Sweeney in order that the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace could comply with the Second Vatican Council were completed under the pastoral care of Joseph Anthony Ferrario, third Bishop of Honolulu. Ferrario also inaugurated the beginning phases of ambitious restoration work. His cathedral rectors, Monsignor Terrence A. M. Watanabe and his successor Nathan Mamo, were responsible for sending the clerestory statues of saints perched over the nave of the church back to France where they were professionally preserved. When the statu ...

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Cathedral boasting a wooden spire Cathedral side entrance with kiawe tree Cathedral facade with dirt road for horses Cathedral facade with trolley tracks Cathedral facade boasting Gothic entrance Cathedral with procession Cathedral boasting a concrete bell tower Cathedral boasting Doric columns Interior during 1910s Interior during 1930s Interior during 1950s Interior during 1970s Oldest bell tower clock in Honolulu Statue of Our Lady of Peace Statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Overview, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Campus, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Services, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Mission, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Programs, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Groundbreaking, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Development, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Second Vatican Council, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Restoration, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Gallery, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Sources

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Modern Christian usage of 'diocese' tends to refer to the sphere of a bishop's jurisdiction. This became commonplace during the self-conscious "classicizing" structural evolution of the Carolingian empire in the 9th century, but this usage had itself been evolving from the much earlier parochia ("parish"), dating from the increasingly formalised Christian authority structure in the 4th century (see EB 1911). In English-speaking countries, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses the term ward, rather than par ...

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Diocese, Diocese - In the Roman Empire, Diocese - Christian hierarchy

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