Diocese of Gizo, Solomon Islands

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Gizo / Ghizotan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Honiara

Bishop (2007.06.05 – ...):

Bishop Luciano Capelli, S.D.B. (75)

Bishops of Gizo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luciano Capelli, S.D.B. (75)
(2007.06.05 – ...)

Bishop of Gizo (Solomon Islands)

Bishop of Gizo (Solomon Islands) (2007.06.05 – ...)

Bishop Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P. (91)
(1995.02.03 – 2007.06.05)

Bishop emeritus of Gizo (Solomon Islands)

Born:	1931.08.24 (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.05.19

Bishop of Gizo (Solomon Islands) (1995.02.03 – 2007.06.05)

Bishop Eusebius John Crawford, O.P.
(1966.11.15 – 1995.02.03)

Titular Bishop of Caffa (1960.03.01 – 1966.11.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Solomon Islands (Solomon Islands) (1960.03.01 – 1966.11.15)

Bishop of Gizo (Solomon Islands) (1966.11.15 – 1995.02.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Western Solomon Islands (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eusebius John Crawford, O.P.
(1960.03.01 – 1966.11.15)

(see above)

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Christopher Michael Cardone, O.P. (65) (later Archbishop) (2001.03.27 – 2004.10.19)

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Area: 8,573 km²

Population: 16,920 Catholics (11.4% of 148,900 total) (2020)

Statistics: 8 parishes, 22 priests (8 diocesan, 14 religious), 34 lay religious (15 brothers, 19 sisters), 6 seminarians (2020)

1959.06.11: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Western Solomon Islands (English) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Solomon Islands and Apostolic Vicariate of South Solomons)
1966.11.15: Promoted as Diocese of Gizo / Ghizotan(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Rabaul)
1978.11.15: Became suffragan of Honiara