Diocese of Gizo
Ghizotan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gizo, Solomon Islands
Latin-rite diocese covering the Western and Choiseul provinces of the Solomon Islands, established as a vicariate apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Honiara. Its mother church is St. Peter's Cathedral in Gizo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Ghizotan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001492
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 16,920
- Population
- 154,900
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 10.9%
- Priests
- 15
- Catholics per priest
- 1,128
- Extent
- 8,573 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Peter Houhou
- Born
- 10 October 1966
- Birthplace
- Marau
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Peter's Cathedral, Gizo stands in Gizo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Honiara
A suffragan of Honiara.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HoniaraHoniara
- Diocese of AukiAuki
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Honiara, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gizo began in 1959 as a Vicariate Apostolic formed from the Vicariates Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands and Southern Solomon Islands. Elevation to a diocese followed in 1966, when it took the name Diocese of Gizo. St. Peter's Cathedral at Gizo serves as the mother church.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.