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50 years ago — June 4, 1965
The Diocese of Honolulu will gain a new priest on June 12 when the Most Reverend James J. Sweeney, Bishop of Honolulu, ordains Rev. Mr. Patrick H. Freitas. At the same time two other Islanders will be ordained by Bishop Sweeney and will serve the 50th state as priest members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The two professed Brothers to be ordained are Brother Martin Mary Fernandez, SS.CC. and Brother Christopher Keahi, SS.CC. The three will be raised to the Catholic priesthood in 10:00 a.m. ordination ceremonies on this date at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace on Fort Street.
25 years ago — June 8, 1990
Diocesan spending cuts turn Herald into bi-weekly
Because of cuts in diocesan spending, the Hawaii Catholic Herald will be published every other week starting in July. Beginning next week, the newspaper will offer reimbursements to individual subscribers who wish to receive them. …
Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario, publisher of the paper, this week announced that the subsidy the Herald receives from the diocese would be cut 60 percent, from approximately $100,000 to less than $40,000.
To meet the cuts, the Catholic Herald has laid off its part-time advertising salesperson and full-time editorial assistant and will publish bi-weekly.
10 years ago — June 3, 2005
Pope names Father Clarence Silva Bishop of Honolulu
Pope Benedict XVI has named Father Clarence “Larry” Silva, vicar general of the Diocese of Oakland, Calif., as the fifth Bishop of Honolulu.
The appointments were announced May 17 in Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Father Silva will be ordained a bishop and installed as diocesan bishop on July 21 during a Mass at the Neal Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu. His consecrating bishop will be Archbishop William Laveda of San Francisco. Co-consecrators will be Bishop Allen H. Vigneron and Bishop John S. Cummins, bishop and bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Oakland, respectively.
Also attending will be the apostolic nuncio to the United States Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo and Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.