Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Honiara
The Archdiocese of Honiara (Latin: Archidioecesis Honiaranus ) is a location in the Solomon Islands Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Honiara on the island of Guadalcanal. It includes the provinces of Central, Guadalcanal, Makira and Ulawa, Rennell and Bellona and Temotu.
History
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Prefecture British Solomon Islands on 27 July 1897 annexations of the Apostolic Vicariate of New Britain. On January 21, 1904 it took the name Southern Apostolic Prefecture of Solomon Islands. With the Apostolic Constitution maxima semper she was raised on 1 June 1912 Apostolic Vicariate.
On November 15, 1966, was charged with the Bull Laeta incrementa to the diocese and adopted its present name. With the bull Laetentur insulae multae it was collected on 15 November 1978 in the rank of Metropolitanerzbistums.
Parts of its territory it lost in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of British Solomon Islands
- Julien Vidal SM (July 1897-1903 resigned )
- Jean- Ephrem Bertreux SM ( 1903-21. January 1904 )
Prefect Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands
- Jean- Ephrem Bertreux SM (21 January 1904-1. June 1912 )
Vicars Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands
- Jean- Ephrem Bertreux SM (1 June 1912-4. January 1919, died )
- Louis -Marie Raucaz SM (13 July 1920-22 July 1934, died )
- Jean -Marie Aubin SM (8 April 1935-1958, emeritus)
- Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg SM (27 November 1958-15. November 1966, emeritus)
Bishop of Honiara
- Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg SM (15 November 1966-15. November 1978)
Archbishops of Honiara
- Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg SM (15 November 1978-3. December 1984, emeritus)
- Adrian Thomas Smith SM, since December 3, 1984