Christopher Cardone

Christopher Michael Cardone, OP (December 20, 1957) is an American archbishop of the Catholic Church in the Solomon Islands. Since 2016, Cardone has been the Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Honiara.[3]

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Christopher Michael Cardone OP
Metropolitan Archbishop of Honiara, The Solomon Islands
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Honiara
AppointedJune 22, 2016
InstalledSeptember 10, 2016[1]
Other postsBishop of Auki (2014–2016)[2]
Orders
OrdinationMay 30, 1986
ConsecrationJune 9, 2001
by Bernard O’Grady, OP, Brian James Barnes, OFM, and Eusebius John Crawford, OP
Personal details
Born (1957-12-20) December 20, 1957
Long Island, New York
MottoServing the Lord with gladness
Styles of
Christopher Michael Cardone
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Biography

Early life and education

Christopher Cardone was born on December 20, 1957, in Long Island, New York. He attended Providence College and made his religious profession on August 15, 1981. He completed his studies at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.[4]

Priestly ministry

Cardone was ordained as a Dominican priest on May 30, 1986. After his ordination, Father Cardone worked for two years as a parish priest at St. Gertrude Church, a Dominican parish in Madeira, Ohio. In 1988, Cardone moved to the Dominican Vicariate in the Solomon Islands. There, he held positions on the island of Gizo as a parish priest in Nila and Nora; Pastor of the Church of St. Peter in Gizo, and Director of Vocations for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gizo.[5]

Episcopal ministry

Cardone was appointed titular Bishop of Thuburnica and auxiliary to the Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands, on March 27, 2001, by Pope John Paul II. The Bishop of Gizo, Bernard O’Grady, OP, ordained him a bishop on June 9, 2001. Cardone was appointed Bishop of Auki on 19 Oct 2004 by Pope John Paul II.[6]

Cardone made an Ad Lumina visit to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome as a member of the delegation from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands on 26 June 2005.[7]

Cardone was then appointed as the Archbishop of Honiara by Pope Francis on June 22, 2016. He was installed as the third Archbishop of Archdiocese of Honiara on September 10, 2016.[8]

See also

References
  1. Cardone, Christopher. "Catholic Hierarchy". Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. Cardone, Christopher. "GCatholic". Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. "Archbishop of Honiara". Agencia Fides. Pontifical Mission Society. June 22, 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. "Archbishop of Honiara". Agencia Fides. Pontifical Mission Society. June 22, 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. "Archbishop of Honiara". Agencia Fides. Pontifical Mission Society. June 22, 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  6. Cardone, Christopher. "Catholic Hierarchy". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  7. "Audiences". Vatican City Press. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  8. "Archbishop Cardone Installed as Third Archbishop of Honiara". Catholic News New Zealand. September 13, 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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